Relationship getting a little stale? Here’s a hot new tip: move to a sleepy town and fuse your flesh with your partner. Like, literally. If that doesn’t work, the whiskey and chainsaw session you’ll need to get yourselves apart is sure to reignite the spark!
Okay, that may not have been exactly what Millie’s (Alison Brie) couple’s counselor (Damon Herriman) had in mind when he told her that “complacency can sometimes simply be harmony.” Regardless, some light Cronenbergian fusing seems like it will be either the solution or final nail in the coffin (literally) for Millie and her boyfriend, Tim’s (Dave Franco), current woes.
Together‘s official synopsis reads: “Years into their relationship, Tim (Franco) and Millie (Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish supernatural encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.” This one clearly isn’t for the weak-stomached. You may even want to approach the trailer with caution, especially if you enjoy sleeping next to your partner without worrying about having a very uncomfortable conversation about personal boundaries the next morning.
It’s a talk real-life spouses Franco and Brie had while making the film. “We joked this either ends in divorce or we’re more co-dependent than ever. Luckily it was the latter,” Franco told Deadlinewhen the film premiered earlier this year at Sundance. Franco previously directed Brie in 2020 thriller The Rental and 2023 rom-com Somebody That I Used To Know, but the two aren’t trying to stick their careers too closely to each other’s. “We’re very selective,” Franco said. “We don’t want people seeing us on screen too often where they become sick of us.” Luckily, the Michael Shanks directorial debut “felt right.”
Neon attached itself to the film after it became a hit at Sundance. It’ll premiere for the rest of us July 30 in theaters.
