All Of Us Strangers (2023)

[Alex...]

Title: All Of Us Strangers

Genre: Drama

Director: Andrew Haigh

Cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell, Carolina Van Wyhe, Christian Di Sciullo, Guy Robbins, Gsus Lopez, Oliver Franks, Jack Cronin, Jack Pallister, Cameron Ashplant

Release: 2023-12-22

Plot: One night, screenwriter Adam, in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, has a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbor Harry that punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As Adam and Harry get closer, Adam is pulled back to his childhood home where he discovers that his long-dead parents are both living and look the same age as the day they died over 30 years ago.

 

[Alex...]

First look pic

 

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[JoeStemme]

It's in limited release and still expanding. My enthusiastic take:
Andrew Haigh's ethereal new film ALL OF US STRANGERS plunges us deeply into the subconscious of its main character, Adam (an excellent Adam Scott), a writer living in a huge desolate apartment complex.

A chance encounter with another tenant (the only other one?) Harry (the equally fine Paul Mescal), sets his mind racing. Adam finds himself traveling back to his childhood home where he visits his parents seemingly locked in time. While full grown himself, his parents are as they were thirty years prior. Sensitively played by Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, his mum and dad greet him warmly yet are a bit wary about Adam's lifestyle. That is being gay and single.

Haigh, who adapted Taichi Yamada's novel for the screenplay, takes a metaphysical approach to the story, but never loses track of his quartet of main characters. The 'Twilight Zone' aspects never intrude on the personal tales - they gently amplify them. The performances are all exceptional with a delicate scene between Foy and Scott being one of the most astonishingly touching in some time. The scenes between Mescal and Scott are palpable, and Bell has a glow about his persona here that hits just the right notes.

Jamie Ramsay's exquisite 35mm cinematography works in unison with Jonathan Alberts' editing rhythms and backed by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch's gentle score. Haigh orchestrates ALL OF US STRANGERS with empathetic grace. It's a paean to loneliness and wanting, and a lovely one at that.

 

[JoeStemme]

Edit to my post: It's of course ANDREW Scott, not Adam

 

[Alex...]

Congrats for Film of the year and for LGBTQ Film of the year award wins at The Dorian Film Awards.

‘All Of Us Strangers’ Named Film Of The Year To Lead LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Film Awards

All of Us Strangers won Film of the Year honors from the Dorian Film Awards, bestowed by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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