Alone/Together Review

Ugh, been wanting to watch this film for ages so when it came up on Netflix today, I watched it immediately, and my oh my did it not disappoint! Kudos to Ms. Tonette for this great film!

This review focuses mostly on the storyline because I am sucker for stories, but I have to admit that the cinematography is superb as well!

First of all, why don’t we have a genre for dreams? Yes, dreams! I want to have a genre that could empower dreamers like how romance movies empower hopeless romantics. Just a thought, though.

Anyway, the two main points that I love about this movie is the concept of living your “what-if” for a day (don’t we all have one?) and rediscovering yourself.

Sometimes we grow up and we think that we are no longer the naïve dreamer we once were. Tine and Raf grew up and became two people far from who they perceived they would become when they were still in college. As a youngster myself, I do have aspirations of changing the world, and like Tine who was changed by the world instead, so was I. It hit hard when Raf told Tine that a lot of people have tried and failed, and that’s the reality of life. You couldn’t change generations-long foundations of beliefs of the world. Who knows that hope could be a dangerous thing to have when you were young.

Tine and Raf in New York, a glimpse of the life they might’ve had, is so beautiful. Ugh!!!! I think that’s all I have to say for this review to be spoiler-free.

All in all, I like books and movies that reflect reality, and this is one of those movies for me. Success is not a linear path, it’s what I always tell myself and what this movie would also try to portray. You might lose yourself along the way, you might feel like your life has been changed forever, but you’ll realize that’s just a lie you tell yourself because you’re scared you might go deep into downfall if you try again. At any point in our life, we can change and be true to who we are. Nothing is ever too late, and you wouldn’t be happy unless you set yourself free from the imprisonment of the limiting beliefs you have about yourself.