As keenly and sympathetically observed as his slightly over-valued Show Me Love, Together is an astute comedy of self-discovery and alternative delusion set in a Stockholm commune in the mid-1970s, writes David Parkinson.
There's an abundance of characters to keep tabs on - ranging from a battered wife and her alienated kids to a free-loving housewife and a born-again lesbian - and it's to the credit of Moodysson and his inexperienced cast that we come to care about their shifting liaisons and ideological confusions.
Some of the fashion and philosophy gags are a tad trite. But the film avoids mocking the commune's permissive, yet highly politicised atmosphere, and, indeed, seems to lament the passing of an era in which folk actively believed that people power could change things. Moreover, its take on the greater 'good' and the adults' inability to gauge the impact of their lifestyle choices on their children is spot on.
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