All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers is a 2023 British romantic fantasy film directed and written by Andrew Haigh. It is an adaptation of the 1987 novel by . It was released on December 22, 2023.
==Synopsis==
Adam, a screenwriter living in London, encounters his mysterious neighbor Harry and then discovers in his childhood home his long-dead parents looking the same as they did 30 years ago.
==Plot==
Lonely London screenwriter Adam is drunkenly flirted with by his neighbour Harry, whom he rebuffs. He visits his unoccupied childhood home and finds the ghosts of his parents, who died in a car accident when he was twelve. He reciprocates Harry's interest upon his return and they have sex. Adam comes out to his mother as gay, who accepts him but reacts with concern, and he has sex with Harry again. In the aftermath, Harry admits his own struggle with being accepted by his family.
Adam talks to his father during his next visit, who accepts him for who he is and tearfully reconciles with him over the bullying he faced as a child. Adam and Harry go clubbing and do ketamine together, causing Adam to imagine a long-term relationship with him, then black out and wake up in his parents' house on Christmas. Unable to sleep, he gets in bed with them and tells his mother about how he was sent to stay with her mother after her death, but they are interrupted by Harry appearing in bed with them.
Adam wakes on a train and pursues Harry onto another, seeing a vision of his younger self screaming in the reflection of the window before waking in his bed, Harry having taken him home after he panicked while high. He tells Harry about how his father died instantly but his mother lingered for several days, though his grandmother kept him from seeing her, and how their deaths grew into a great terror of being alone. He decides to show Harry his parents but finds the house empty, though Harry catches a glimpse of them as Adam breaks a window to get in.
Waking the next morning, Adam's parents explain that Harry left and tell him that he needs to let them go and move on to be happy. They take him to his favourite childhood restaurant, where he tells them they both died instantly when asked. They reaffirm their pride for him and love for each other as they vanish.
Having accepted the loss of his parents, Adam goes to see Harry but finds him long dead in his flat's bedroom, with the same bottle he was drinking from on the night they met empty in his hand. Outside the room, Adam assures Harry's distraught ghost that everything will be all right and takes him back to his flat, where they get in bed together and Adam plays "" by when Harry asks him to choose a song.
==Cast==
*Andrew Scott as Adam
**Carter John Grout as Young Adam
*Paul Mescal as Harry
*Jamie Bell as Adam's father
*Claire Foy as Adam's mother
*Ami Tredrea as a waitress
==Production==
Filming was in progress in the United Kingdom when the film, then known as Strangers, and the principal cast were announced on June 30, 2022.
The announcement attracted inquiries on social media as to whether the plot involves a romance between Scott and Mescal's characters. The Daily Beast found this likely since Mescal's character corresponds to a woman character in the original novel who has a romance with the protagonist, and since Haigh has previously directed acclaimed gay-themed works.
==Reception==
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 262 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "All of Us Strangers examines profound grief and love through a fantastical lens that is always grounded on human emotion." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100, based on 53 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
==Videos==
All of Us Strangers - Official Trailer - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - “A Haunting Story” Featurette - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - In Theaters December 22 - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - “Hi” Clip - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - “You Were Just A Boy” Clip - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - “Will You Look After Me?” Clip - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - “Do I Scare You” Clip - Searchlight Pictures
ALL OF US STRANGERS - “Navigating Past & Present Love” Featurette - Searchlight Pictures
==Gallery==
All of Us Strangers poster.jpg
==References==
==External links==
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Category:2023 films
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