7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Happy Together (1997)
Happy Together (1997)
Overview
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explores the complex, tumultuous relationship between two gay men and their individual journeys of self-discovery and healing. Despite its focus on a gay couple, the narrative prioritizes universal themes of love, loneliness, and personal growth, consciously avoiding explicit political commentary or ideological promotion.
The film centers on an East Asian gay couple, presenting their relationship without explicitly critiquing traditional identities. Its casting reflects its cultural origin and includes visible LGBTQ+ representation.
Secondary
Happy Together offers a deeply empathetic and complex portrayal of a gay couple's tumultuous relationship. It explores their love, struggles, and individual journeys with dignity and humanity, affirming the worth and reality of their queer love story without resorting to stereotypes or externalizing their challenges as a consequence of their identity.
Happy Together focuses on the complex romantic relationship between two gay men. The film does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transsexual identity, resulting in no depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Happy Together" features original characters created for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
Happy Together is an original film with characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation from which character races could have been established and subsequently altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
7.6
Critic Ratings
8.5
7.0
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