Synopsis
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.
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Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-waiLai Yiu-fai
- Leslie CheungHo Po-wing
- Chang ChenChang
- Gregory DaytonLover
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Loose, buoyant and bracingly original. - 89
Austin Chronicle
Thanks largely to the raw bravery and intensity of the two leads' performances, Happy Together takes a quantum leap forward in terms of visceral power. - 88
San Francisco Examiner
Happy Together is Wong's most fully realized work. It is a pleasure to watch an interesting mind feel his way, and the result is something more than just a passing fancy. - 80
The New York Times
Stylistically brash, pulsing with life. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Wong returns once more to what he seems to know best - the visual poetry of the urban Asian night, a world of characters on the move, coming and going, never really getting anywhere. [5 Dec 1997] - 70
Chicago Reader
Structurally and dramatically this is all over the place, but stylistically it's gripping, and thematically it suggests an oblique response to the end of Hong Kong's colonial rule. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Wong Kar-Wai, whose energetic and inventive style isn't enough to give the shallow story the substance and resonance it needs.