''Alone Together'' is a 2022 American

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film written and directed by

Katie Holmes Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998–2003). Holmes made her film debut with a supporting role in Ang Lee's '' The Ice Sto ...

. The film stars Holmes,

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, and

Becky Ann Baker Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jean Weir on the NBC comedy-drama series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and as Loreen Horvath on the HBO comedy-drama series '' G ...

. It premiered at the

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on July 14, 2022 and was released in the United States on July 22, 2022, by

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Synopsis

The film centers around two strangers who are sharing an

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during the

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lockdown.

Cast

as June *

as Charlie *

as John *

as Deborah *

as Margaret *

as Jan

Production

wrote the film at the very beginning of lockdown in 2020. ''Alone Together'', produced by her new production company called Lafayette Pictures, is her second film as director. She produced the film with Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Jesse Korman of Yale Productions, and

Shaun Sanghani Shaun S. Sanghani (born June 28, 1980) is an American film producer, Film finance, financier and Screenwriter, writer. He is the founder and president of SSS Entertainment and SSS Film Capital. He is best known as the producer of ''The Fallout (f ...

, owner of SSS Entertainment.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

on July 14, 2022.

acquired North American distribution rights. The film was theatrically released on July 22, 2022 and was released on

video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films Digital distribution, digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typica ...

on July 29, 2022.

Reception

Review aggregator

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reports that 30% of 37 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 4.70 out of 10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Director Katie Holmes takes an appealingly low-key approach to her story, but it isn't enough to offset ''Alone Together''s bland characters and overall predictability."

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* * * * {{Mojo title, 14584284, Alone Together 2022 romantic drama films 2022 films 2020s American films 2020s English-language films American romantic drama films American films about the COVID-19 pandemic Films directed by Katie Holmes Films set in New York City Vertical (film company) films English-language romantic drama films