Together Alone (1991) User Reviews

Articulate, brilliant. All over the map.

[Dave-175 · 9/10 · 11 September 1998]

This movie is a conversation about honesty, love and fear. Nothing is missing. It is a conversation between a scared but charming queen, and a disillusioned bisexual. I don't want to understand "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf," but I understood every moment of this conversation. Sometimes the acting is apparent. But sometimes the dialogue is so real, I wondered how anyone ever found these words. I saw "Relax, it's just Sex," before this. It's funny, but it seems as if "Together" grew out of "Relax. "

Utterly amazing

[fuxing626 · 10/10 · 17 September 2002]

"Together Alone" is the affectionate story of two men, Brian and Bryan, who meet in a bar, have sex, fall asleep--then awake to find they have had the exact same dream. What transpires afterwards is a real, intimate discussion on such issues as God, abortion, sexuality, friendship, marriage, AIDS, innocence, soulmates, judgment, Yin, Yang, and other issues. While the storyline is a bit stagnant, the film is so powerful and so touching it aims for a higher purpose than plot--and achieves it. If you can find it, I strongly suggest you watch it!!!

Scarily accurate post-coital gay conversation.

[David-240 · 9/10 · 31 May 1999]

It's as if the writer was listening and writing down conversations I have had after one night stands. The fear that what we did might be "un-safe"; the defining of ourselves as gay, bi-sexual, heterosexual, whatever; the will we see each other again thing.

Strong acting and gloomy black and white photography enhance the mood, and help us to forget that this is far too wordy for a film - it would make a great stage play though.

What emerges is what a rotten thing HIV/AIDS is - how it has completely transformed our sex lives - inhibited us and filled us with fear when we should be able to completely let go. Bring on the cure!