All of Us Strangers
2023
****½
Director: Andrew Haigh
Cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy, Carter John Grout, Ami Tredrea
Adam, a lonely gay man in his 40s, is overcome by his past. While Adam grows close to his younger neighbour Harry, he pays visits to his childhood home, where he imagines conversations with his long-dead parents. Andrew Haigh's fifth feature is a heartbreaking drama about loss and grief and an intriguing mystery cum ghost story that deals with painful memories. Something is nicely off from the first moment, and the story remains moving and gripping until the end. This is a beautifully acted and orchestrated film with a particularly lovely final shot. Haigh's script is based on Taichi Yamada's 1987 novel Strangers.
