GreenCine New Releases Spotlight, November 2003: Roger Ebert called TOGETHER "a movie with the nerve to end with melodramatic sentiment - and get away with it, because it means it. Expect lots of damp eyes in the audience." Although your ability to love this film depends partially on your ability to withstand sentimentality and heartstring tugging, it is undeniably a beautifully crafted melodrama. Chen Kaige's film also will win you over with its depiction of Chinese class differences, particularly in the dichotomy between the two music teachers and in the story's examination of the meaning of "family," and what it means to be successful. The acting is uniformly excellent, including a winning performance by young Tang Yun and by the director himself as the renowned music professor. And then of course, there's the grand classical score presiding throughout, featuring moving pieces by Verdi, Paganini, Bruch and Chen Gang. Touted as "superb" (Time) and "moving" (Leonard Maltin), TOGETHER is a film the whole family should watch, together.