Together Together

Together Together suffers a little from being too polite, as a comedy it lacks snarl, and as a drama it lacks, well, event.

Just Helms' and Harrison's expressions at these situations are enough to bring about chuckles.

Harrison is tremendous.

Beckwith's script does have a few moments of grace and humor. Helms gets a particularly beautiful monologue about why he wants a child... But there are far more clichés, contrivances and threads left unnecessarily dangling.

Watching Matt and Anna discover the parameters of their friendship, and the impact they have on each other's lives, is quite rewarding. Both Helms and Harrison nail the fluid nature of the tonal shifts as their bond tightens, loosens, and tightens.

Opposite Ed Helms, the likable Patti Harrison is funny and endearing as a surrogate mom in a comedy that's a joy to experience.

I commend director and writer Nikole Beckwith for telling this story and making it feel as authentic as she did.

Helms and Harrison give career best performances, the writing feels like a warm fuzzy hug, and it is easily one of the most intimate movies of the year. Even though it has a very simplistic nature, it packs a huge emotional punch.

Beckwith gracefully zeroes in on the labor of the surrogate Anna through highlighting the difficulty of establishing boundaries with Matt...

Together Together possesses such a humorously clever screenplay that its joyful, fun aura passes to its own title, which carries more meaning than what it looks like.