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HAPPY TOGETHER (1997)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 14, 1997
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

Details Rated: Unrated; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language; With: Leslie Cheung

HAPPY TOGETHER (Unrated) Wong Kar-Wai's narratively disjointed, visually luscious story about a restless young gay Hong Kong couple (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Leslie Cheung) in love and in war in Buenos Aires. The vignettes don't add up to a story, but Wong's nervy brio and subterranean-fantasy style make for an arresting work about an exotic subculture. B-

Originally posted Nov 14, 1997 Published in issue #405 Nov 14, 1997 Order article reprints
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