ALL OF US STRANGERS Ending Explained & Movie Review
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- I review, breakdown and explain All Of Us Strangers. I discuss the 2024 movie which stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal which is focussed on the death of Adam's parents. I react to the twist during the ending around Harry, I analyse the deeper meaning of the film and the symbolism of grief and loneliness that is present.
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This movie was such an emotional watch! It's a great movie to start the year off with and it's currently my favourite movie of the year! Let me know what you thought of the film below.
Honestly tore a hole in my heart. Beautiful and had me in tears, I hope this finds more success in a streaming platform, true masterpiece.
I think you might have missed that Adam died in what was depicted as a fire drill...thats why they could see each other.
That would explain why Harry didn’t evacuate during the drill
Best film of the year by miles!!
This movie will be more appreciated in time, very good.
adam is dead too. he died in a fire in his apartment: we hear the fire alarm going off at the beginning; he keeps taking to his head, like he has a headache; he keeps coughing throughout the movie, and is told 4-5 times by his parents and harry that “he is burning up”. besides the father plays a song for adam called “i don’t want to set the world on fire” by the ink spots.. i am 100% convinced adam died in the very beginning. harry was so lonely and miserable that he was already half-dead - and everything we see hereinafter happen in the movie, is in sort of an in-between life and death world, a sort of limbo, where adam can mend the things, he didn’t get to do in live before dying. also there are a lot of scenes with mirrors/windows and reflections- and also a lot of scenes in the train. taking the train is also a sort of limbo, where you move from one destination to another, and we see that a lot in the movie. it’s a movie about closure, about giving love and life a chance, even when you think it’s impossible or too late. such a great film ❤
Same as my thoughts about it
i also feel like Harrys death has happened a long time ago too - his clothing, the age gap, also the clubbing, I also feel like Harrys apartment door looks kind of old? and with the white noise from the tv it also gives off the impression, that this scene happened when TVs weren't flat screens - my interpretation is that their relationship happened when Adam was in his 20s? and because Adam couldn't get over the loss of his parents, he wasn't able to let harry in (emotionally)- that's why harry feels so lonely. this could have led to a break up or argument that made harry drink himself to death
@@lizvandelouwbut why did Harry introduce himself on the first night if they already knew each other? I don’t get it, do you think it was their first meeting and he was just imagining that’s why he looks older?
@@lizvandelouw No, because I think Harry and Adam were never even in a close relationship, so that they could have an argument or a break up. I think Harry dies the first night they met, because he wore the same clothing in both scenes and held the same alcohol bottle and all that. Also Adam’s words “I should have let you in” can be seen in an emotional, but also a literal way, because if Adam had let Harry in then Harry wouldn’t have drunk himself to death and they could’ve had the possible relationship that we saw in the movie
Oh yes! This is brilliant. Thank you.
The position of Harry’s body in the bed when discovered - with one arm around his body- is the same position as he ends up in at the end in Adam’s bed.
Exactly, I noticed that too.
this is very interesting, maybe everything was also Harry’s dreams
The thing that really broke me was recalling what Adam’s mum said about Harry, something to the effect of ‘He might need taking care of, he has a sad face’ I love this movie so much!!
I know I’m a month late here but it’s such a poignant observation because Adam also has a sad face, and he recognized that Harry didn’t want/need to be alone that night. Depressed emotionally people recognized each other.
The scene at the diner near the end is what finally got me ugly crying, when his parents are proud of him for just surviving and making it through. 🥺
Yeah it was so powerful!
When he said “but I haven’t done anything”…couldn’t stop crying. He was a little kid again, looking for his parents approval, and getting it. 😭
@@steve3585 Yup! When he said that line!!!
Me too. That acknowledgement that just carrying on is achievement enough when he suffered so much at an early age. So very, very powerful
Yeah that scene wrecked me. Not only his parents declaring their love and admiration for their son, but also Adam denoting a kindness to his mother in not letting her know that she actually survived the initial accident, unlike his father who died on impact, and languished in the hospital afterwards blinded and alone until she died-which was her worst fear.
I don't know if I was the only one to notice it, but the colors are so meaningful in this movie! Adam is always wearing blue, his mother has a lot of green in her and his dad has red. That's the RGB colors. Combined, they form white, which is the color Harry tends to wear and the color he shined in when he was passing away. So Adan can only come truly close to Harry when he puts all the parts of his identify together and becomes at peace with his parents. Really beautiful
❤
@@roxannelilymaria2581but is he dead as well?
I went to see this film tonight, and I couldn’t speak afterwards from crying. It was so heartbreakingly beautiful
It was amazing wasn't it! I was shocked because I was the only person in my screening at the cinema. I just hope more people watch this because it's such a powerful/moving film
@@BrainPilotI was also lost for words and couldn’t speak through the tears, but the screening I saw was fully booked! Everyone seemed so moved and it was great to see the theatre so full
I was also the only person in the cinema when I watched this film last week- what a shame more people won’t see this masterpiece-no Oscar nominations is shameful!
@@megangampell1412so they're all dead, right? Sorry to barge in, but I don't know anybody else who has seen it yet! Mom Dad Harry and Adam were all there to help each other work through something before they could all move on. Throughout the film it seems like Mom Dad and Harry are there to help Adam out, but they needed Adam as well and by the end his Mom even tells him to help Harry, which he does and they then both move on together at peace. I need to watch this film again with this realisation in mind. I think I want to watch it at home alone with a glass of wine next time though.
SAME.
I just uploaded my immediate reaction (crying in the foyer) - and a review when I got home but I was STILL crying 🥴
The BEST thing I’ve cried over in years 👍🏼
I knew Harry had died at the end, but I didn't realise that he had already died from the start, now I'm crying all over again 😢
Yeah so powerful!
It's incredible how that initial scene of them meeting for the first time takes on an entire level of added meaning after the big twist at the end. Paul Mescal's performance was incredibly nuanced, it perfectly misdirects us from the actual feelings that were probably going inside HARRY"S head. I initially misread his desperation to be let in as playful and sex-forward, but after that ending, it is so much more devastating. I've lost sleep just thinking about this! What an incredible film!
And when he asked “why didn’t anybody find me?” at the end. That sentence will always stay with me.
Yeah I just could not stop thinking about this end. So wretched by this line of Mescal
Realising that Harry actually died after the first scene, when Adam didn’t accept him into the house, and everything is just happening inside Adam’s mind and understanding that nothing happened between them even though they can help each other a lot, hit me deeply. When Adam finally said goodbye to his parents and felt like he is ready to meet with Harry, it was too late… Such a masterpiece!
Like I understand it but what’s the point?? If I’m gonna be honest I think the film lacked focus and the paul mescal storyline did not really feel additive to the storyline of a man dealing with the loss of his parents at an early age… like I really don’t understand how the two plot lines coincide
@@mikekasabionI think it’s his inability to cope with death coupled with his extreme loneliness that he tends fabricate these relationships and express himself in ways he can not otherwise. Just like his parents he does with Paul mescals character. I think he regrets not letting him in that night and uses this method of coping the same as his parents. Just my opinion
@@s1rjac565but i think Adam is also dead because of the fever? isnt he??? 😢
@@mikekasabionI think it sent the message that Adam was not ready to let Harry in because he had not coped with grief around the loss of his parents. We have to deal with the ghosts of the past before we can move on. And sadly, sometimes, it is too late, we miss an opportunity because we were not ready. It stings, but that's life.
I think Harry is a mirror for Adam, also.
still cannot accept the fact Andrew and Paul didn't receive an oscar nomination but Oscars were never fair so..amazing movie, cast, storytelling ❤ cried a lot 😢
The timing of the U.S. release wasn't helpful for the Oscars, but I agree that the fact it was completely overlooked was criminal. The film has been nominated for 6 BAFTAs, so let's hope it receives some awards on February 18!
Yeah I know! It was such a moving film
Andrew at least got a Golden Globe nomination. Definitely my favourite male acting performance of 2023.
I wept almost the whole time! 😂
This film should have received awards out the door. Simply superb.
As a gay man when I was in my 40's I was so lonely I created a boyfriend/lover in my mind. It was incredibly wonderful for a moment but SO agonizing and heart wrenchingly I had to bang my head to break out of it. It broke my heart. Now I have a relationship of 25yrs standing & I'm content.
Cherish your man. Love him like tomorrow won't come.
I just lost my partner of 33.5 years this past December after a long fight with liver cancer. I was there holding him in the hospital bed when his last breath left him. All I could say to him was, "You are no longer in pain, baby. No longer in pain." As I pushed his hair from his face and kissed his forehead. I didn't even cry. Not then, at least.
Like in the movie, my sleep patterns are off now. I miss him terribly. I stare at the ceiling fan. The house is quiet. Almost alien. I am 61, retired, and I have no idea what is ahead for me now. The loneliness is real.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's horrifically sad
@vapsa56 my friend, I'm so sorry for the loss you are enduring. You and your partners story makes me weep. One for the pain and heartbreak you are facing , but also for the love that you shared... I hope in some small way it can make you feel less lonely knowing your story reaches my heart to the point of tears, and that I hope and wish nothing but the best for you. Please take care my friend
@@vapsa56my deepest condolences, I’m so heartbroken for you, but I think you’re beloved partner would want to keep going and live.
So glad you have found love and happiness after many difficult years, Adrian ....
This film resonated with me so much. When Harry said he was stranger in his own family and coming out just gave it a name. Beautifully written film. Saw it tonight; the cinema was packed.
Glad to hear the cinema was packed for it!
I felt that, too. Started crying at that.
And Harry says something like that it does not take much to revive the pain of lost family.
This film made me think hard and reach out to people more often. You just never how one’s reach out can heal loneliness both to them and to myself.
Excellent point Robert. Little verbal strokes and positive engagements with people can leave a strong impression more than you realise at the time. Be nice to people.
Thought it might be interesting to point out with regards to the film and the ending. If you're familiar with the original book - it will make more sense. None of what we saw was real apart from the very beginning when they meet at the door. The rest is all in his imagination / screenplay / book. In the original book - the more he visited his 'ghosts' the sicker her became (hence Adam was not feeling well after each visit with his parents etc...) I know it's not what people want to hear but makes way more sense than him being the grown up version of the little boy from 'the six sense'.
I get the imagination bit but does Adam actually go to Harry's flat at the end and find him dead then re-imagines him alive or am I completely missing the point here ?
I thought that Adam re-buffed his advances at the beginning, then imagines his relationship with his parents and then with Harry, then the real life Adam realises he is capable of love and then goes to Harry's flat to find him dead.
I am going to shut up now because I am just wittering on.
@WayneGoss Thank you for sharing here what you know about the 1987 Japanese novel. There are multiple comments in this thread and others, that use the signs of sickness in Adam to imply that he is also dead throughout the film.
The novel is VERY different (almost totally) but the sickness is pretty much the same. I think because Andrew was so vague in his interpretation of the film it leaves so much vagueness. @@comealongcomealong4480
Honestly your guess is as good as mine. The film is very vague and totally different to the novel in most aspects.@@lizp757
@lizp757 That is exactly what happened. I was a bit confused until my daughter-in-law pointed out Harry had the same liquor bottle with him in death as he had that 1st night he came to Adam
the ending crushed me so hard, I'm still processing it
It was so powerful wasn’t it!
Same! Not in a good way. I was devastated by it and so angry that he didn't get a happy ending and was left to deal with another death. But I have seen people have the interpretation that he's connecting with Paul Mescal's character spiritually and helping him heal, and that's a nicer interpretation
@@charli.7889 YES! Like, when he entered Pal Mescal's apartment I started to yell: "No, they are not gonna do this trope again...", but after that I started to thkin about the movie in other lights (but still, I'm heartbroken because of everything, especially because of the scene that preceeds Paul Mescal's character death
Same 💔
Same, I can’t stop crying
They are all dead, that's why the building is empty. That's a purgatory, and Adam AND Harry got out of it together, or maybe is Adam the only one there, maybe Harry Is part of His way to get out of there. Maybe, Adam has killed himself. So many posible explanations. Just amazing.
Adam isn't dead... harry wasn't dead in the beginning either.
@@disierra-amado5596 I think that's up to interpretation, that's why the movie Is good!
@@Adriana-rf1lp mmm, not everything is open to interpretation, this is an adaptation of an existing piece, sure, he changed some aspects for instance the character being homosexual , but the plot is very similar, in the book Adam isn't dead and he enver dies in the book. i think it is fundamental to understand we are living in his head ( alive mind)
@@disierra-amado5596 that's also good!, it's all in his mind. Another interpretation.
I don't think Adam was dead, he interacts with other people, the waitress at the diner, people on the trains, getting beer from the bartender at the club I think.
I was very shocked when I found out that Harry died at the last moment. I felt many emotions at the same time: fear, sadness, regret, love, curiosity, a loneliness that was no longer alone, a feeling of wanting to help. Still managing those emotions. Highly recommended this film.
Most of the events were irrelevant to me, but I lived inside the story.
I yelled "why can't Adam have nice things?". But then I realized he did, because our conception of reality is complicated and relationships with ghosts are entirely possible.
@@coribug42yes, all of them are ghost😢
Anyone else think Adam also died/ was dead for the duration of the movie? We hear fire alarm go of at the very beginning, then throughout the movie there are several scenes when he gets coughing fits. Plus his body is running hot, even his parents point that out on several occasions.
I thought the same.
Yep - Similar thoughts
That's an interesting perspective. It would make sense why the building is empty, perhaps other people made it out in time. The only thing missing is Adam's body if this theory were true.
That was my thought too.
That was also my interpretation of it. I think they're all in some sort of existentialist purgatory and it's through acceptance that the characters can move on. I'm reminded of Jean-Paul Sartre's play "Huis Clos" or "No Exit" in English in which the characters are all locked in a room in purgatory together tormenting and traumatising each other. It's only through acceptance of their own existence that they discover they could've left the room the whole time.
I found your explanation and review spot on! I've seen the film twice so far (here in the U.S.), and it is truly one of the most moving films I've ever seen. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD: The only thing I would add to your analysis of the ending is that Adam, having finally said goodbye to his parents and made his peace with their death, is now able to help Harry (in whatever realm he exists) spiritually by confidently encircling him with his love and protection. In other words, Adam has made the leap to opening his heart unconditionally. That's why the ending of the film can't really be described by a duality such as "sad/happy": it just IS. Thank you.
Glad you think the same! You've also got a great way of looking at the ending too! Totally agree on that
Best movie i have seen in years!! My Son is gay, I love him more now, a wake up call!
thank you.
I saw this movie at the New York Film Festival on October 1st, 2023. It was well done but it left me so depressed. Even the day after. Today I realized why: I am Harry.
I hope you are ok. Reach out and connect to people, even just a few.
So I hope you find amazing people in your life, Im sure you desirve It.
It took me a long time to fing good people in mine. IS hard, but it IS possible.
Hang in there please
Please reach out and talk to someone. There are good people out there.
Talk to someone mate ❤
Superb review. I must say one of the things that really got to me was when they were decorating the Christmas tree and singing The Pet Shop Boys 'Always on my mind'.
Glad you enjoyed the vid! Yeah I agree, the meaning of those lyrics and the small looks between Adams mother and himself were just perfect!
For me this was the most heartbreaking moment. She was mouthing those words, that apology: 'maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as i should have' right to him. For a gay guy growing up in the 80s, a time when my parents could have and should have done so much more, despite their love for me, it really packed a punch
@@nathanhigham-grady2223 exactly this 😢
Yeah that part broke me. The mother locking eyes with Adam and singing those lyrics. It’s just heartbreaking.
Yea, I was hoping it would go on longer and louder. Small glitch with the father getting the wording wrong :)
Beautifully written, acted, shot, scored, and soundtracked. It’s a devastating and healing masterpiece. I’ve seen it three times in two weeks. I miss my mom and life is so short and scary but love is powerful.
Saw this film two nights ago and what most impressed me was how this film had such a hypnotic quality throughout! The cinematography and the music had a cumulative effect that really complemented the emotional punch of the story imo. That alone was such an achievement
Yeah it was just amazing wasn't it!
I saw this last night and I still can't shake it. The loneliness and grief hits home. If you have someone, appreciate them, hold them close, love them, and tell them so.
Today it makes exactly 8 months since I lost my mom, I know there’s a reason I had to watch it exactly this day, not knowing what the film was about. It made me cry a lot and I identified in a lot of parts. This is such a great film
I didn’t know what I was walking in to either. I didn’t know that it was going to hit so hard but also help me process a lot of emotions about my dad who passed away. I’m so sorry you lost your mom.
I hope the cathartic hit was not too painful as It is still recent
As someone who lost his own mother decades ago… suddenly, unexpectedly (and before I got a chance to come out to her) this story resonated powerfully with me. I loved the scenes 🎬 where Adam got to cry & hug 🫂 his father (Jamie Bell)… the sharp realisation that his parents had a different mind-set, on account of the decade that they died & left him (shown by Clair Foy’s discomfort & confusion over how to accept her gay son)… and the twist at the end… when you realise that Harry had also been dead for the entire movie.
All these characters needed closure… and Adam was so isolated from the world, only the dead could reach out & connect with him.
the scene that parents decorating the Xmas tree and little Adam looking his mother while "You are always on my mind" by the PSB playing on the backround is one of the most powefull scenes i ever seen and got me ugly crying ! The movie was such an emotional watch also like many already wrote. For sure the movie of the year !
This film affected me so deeply . I lost my son , my only child in 2019. He was my life and only 26 years old .
I spend so much time contemplating what if anything comes after this life .
For me , I feel that Andrew too has passed . What was the significance of the fire alarm at the beginning of the film ? Did he die in a fire ?Why are they the only two people in a London apartment block ?
The scene thar broke me is when Andrew found Harry's body ...to think of the loneliness Harry endured, the rejection , just had me in bits ...Somehow the power of love rescued them both from oblivion - There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio......
I am sorry for your loss, it must have been like the world was crumbling on its own. Love is unfortunately in these dark times the only thing we can cling to.
I hope you are good and that you find resilience with such a trial ❤❤
Was I the only one that found the dialogue very difficult to understand. It was like half of it was muffled. I asked my partner whom also watched it and he said the same - that he just couldn't understand what half of them were saying 50% of the time.
I did get that at first but then as the film went on I just got used to the way that it sounded. The mumbling was done mainly for the mood, feel and the fear
@@BrainPilotI understand what you mean but also found it was quite realistic to how we speak in London 😅
My Dad was Irish and he mumbled, I had no issues understanding🙂. This film just wrecked me.
I agree! I need to rewatch at home with subtitles Still such a fine, moving film.
You are not alone. All four actors (most especially the men) mumbled, whispered and swallowed dialogue. And Mescal's chosen accent didn't help either. I found it an extremely frustrating watch, even after I'd cranked up the sound.
I have been waiting months to see this film, I went to the first showing I could by myself, so I left at the end desperate to discuss. This is a film you can't leave behind, you think on it for a while. To be honest, once you have seen it and understood it, you probably should see it again..........Ive seen Andrew Scott say how Adam was in a kind of purgatory, which after seeing the film I take to mean literally. Mom, Dad, Harry and Adam are ALL dead, helping each other work through pain in order to move on. After finding peace with his parents, Adam's Mom tells him Harry needs him, one more thing Adam needs to do before moving on. That's why at the end Adam and Harry are as one a star in the sky together.
interesting take, i could see it that totally.
I never thought Adam could be dead, but now it's an interesting theory.
@@peroncini it's a bit of a stretch but maybe he went with them to the Christmas Drinks as originally planned? otherwise not sure when it happened or if we're meant to know.
OMG. Thank you, I had exactly the same interpretation! It reminded me "Lost" season finale, when Jack was in a purgatory and he was the last one to find out he was dead.
And adding some information: the original book where the movie came from is spiritualist/supernatural
I liked the line that I muddled through . I am 70 years, my father died when I was 26 years. At least I got to tell my mum .
Rest in peace mum and dad .
I am OK.
I watched this last night with my partner. We both lost our parents young in different ways and are from the same era.
I felt every word of being a stranger in my own family.
I can't get this film out of my mind today and expect it will linger on a while. I came here today to see what others have felt and I've found so many similar feelings. Beautiful, but very sad film.
A very emotional and heartbreaking story.
But there is a consolation at the end knowing that Adam found a light at the end of the tunnel on his long journey towards love.
It is about loves lost.
About coming out and feeling lonely in a world full of people.
About growing up and feeling different.
I was not sad but I did read and saw the promo.
We all have our stories straight gay and what ever.
OMG....i just saw this last night. Beautifully haunting film. Andrew Scott deserved an Oscar nomination for this role.
Thank you for reviewing this. I have been telling everyone I can to see it. I saw it with my adult son and made sure to sit next to him and yup there were many hand squeezing moments! We went afterwards and probably talked about it for an hour. Hauntingly beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I was shocked, I was the only person in the screening that I was in. I just hope more people go and see it because it's something else!
@@BrainPilotThere were sadly only about seven of us when I saw it.
The movie was so expected in my French town that you needed to pre-order your session with numerated seats as all people were frantic about getting to watch it
I must admit that I didn't immediately twig that Harry had in fact been "dead" for much of the film's plot until after the end credits, but that made the ending no less powerful. ☺️
Oh dear I didn't realise it until NOW😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
My spin Adam is at the beginning in limbo and hadn’t passed over because he had unfinished business with his Parents. Theory 1. Adam was dead because the blue flashing lights and fire alarm signified a fire. Therefore Adam was able to see and interact with both his Parents and Harry whose ghost he helped to pass over. Theory 2. Adam throughout the film complained and having sweats plus the references to AIDS…a link? Theory 3. When towards the end Adam and his Parents went to his favourite place ie: the diner at the shopping mall, the waitress saw Adam but not his Parents and questioned if he was sure he wanted to order the family meal. The waitress evidently saw Adam so he couldn’t have been dead.
Finally Adam was 12 now middle aged. Say he was 40 would an eaterie still be there after nearly 39 years with the same menu? The joy of the film is the refusal to offer explanations and try to rationalise it. Also it resonates and is interpreted in different ways with everyone judging by the comments. A haunting and beguiling masterpiece.
Wen his mother was singing the lyrics of u were always on my mind 😢
🥲🥲
I think it’s Adam dying in the end. His life flashing before his eyes. Or the life he wished he had, or could have had. The final flash at the end is him becoming light. IMO.
That's an interesting perspective and the more I think about it I think I agree with you. Adam had a few coughing scenes that went unexplained and the fever and acting sick on the train. Those may all be clues he was dying.
That's one way of looking at it. Harry telling him not to let his heart get tangled again says to me that Adam will move on and open his heart to someone new. And I hope he does.
In the book Adam gets progressively more ill after each time his visits his parents, to the point where one of his colleagues sounds serious alarm when they see him. Spending time with all the ghosts is literally destroying his lifeforce and he becomes almost like a walking corpse, yet he can't see this as he is under the spell. At the end he realises this and confronts Harry (who is a woman in the novel) and we are left with a very different outcome.
How it finish in the book? @@MichaelPybus
I thought this too. The theme of fire and heat through the movie and the fire alarm at the start made me think that he's going through all of this as he dies in a fire.
A cinematic masterpiece.
Genuinely is! Such a beautiful film
Absolutely amazing.
The ghostly mood of the scenes, the deafening silence of London in the backdrop, the heartbreaking song, and on top of that, the brilliant acting.
Andrew Scott takes your heart away. 📽️🎞️🎞️🎞️
I also had the feeling, that the death of Adam's Parents resulted in Adam not being able to properly let people into his life/heart again. Hence Adam didn't and probably couldn't say 'Yes' to Harry the night he knocked on Adam's door. But deep inside, Adam actually longs for deep connection and someone to be there for/with him. So saying 'No' to Harry could've been his way of protection of losing someone again. Craving connection but not being able to receive/give it can be such an isolating feeling as well. So living with Harry in his mind could've been his way to safely let him into his heart. And I think there could also be a bit of guilt behind it, because Adam probably realised that Harry might have survived if he spent the night with him. But also, how could Adam have known? In some way we're all strangers not really knowing what is on someone elses mind.
This was a really stunning movie. Just beautiful. And the acting from the four leads was just outstanding. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a few years.
I totally agree with you. I’ve not left the cinema fee like the way I did after watching this film for such a long time
I’m frightened to watch. Lost both parents in 2021 and not sure I’m ready. Grief doesn’t go for those you love most. It just forms a new you. I’ll watch when the time feels right
hauntingly beautiful, I think it's the first time in a long time that a film made me feel such a way.
This movie hit home on a personal level. The way the dialogue between Adam and his parents felt so real and authentic made me think of losing my dad to cancer and all the memories before it. Such a heartbreakingly beautiful film.
I Just saw it. It's absolutely amazing. I will never watch it again. It is soulcrushingly beautiful. Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott's eyes just stared into my heart and I'm shook.
It's painfully good isn't it!
The movie has multidimensional layers that you discover through the timeline. It is about loss, loneliness, relations, love, psychology, society, time, life - death and more. I also believe that Adam after (an early) point was dead too but it was intented to be blurred as the protagonist Adam probably did not have the awareness of it, he was in a kind of transition state and we see the story form his subjective viewpoint.
I, on the contrary, found the end of the film kind of optimistic and cathartic as everyone exits life (spacetime) having peace. It closed all the gaps of loneliness that was left through in Adam's life. Parents could not interract with Harry because they never met him during life but they saw him because he was dead too and Adam was the bridge. Parents knew they were dead and Harry was suspecting his own but it was Adam (a character in between life and death) who could answer their question and pain, filling in his own needs of redemption. Parents had to go because the needs were fulfiled and we don't coexist like we were alive in the aftermath.
We don't die instantly. From the outside point of view (to the others) we might be dead but from our own subjective point of view we are still able to create stories in our mind. And since death is an end in the spacetime, time and other limitations (like space or loneliness) do not exist. This film is more than a masterpiece it is a wonderful allegory of existence.
My friend pointed out that all of this happened in Adam's imagination while he was being suffocated from the smoke which we get a hint of it when Adam is looking for Harry in the tube and is sweating. So Harry wasnt the only one who was dead from the start.
I just loved this movie so much. I saw it twice! Having lost both my parents recently, this was an extremely emotional movie for me and I thought it was so beautifully done. Loved your review!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Sorry for your recent losses.
Thank you!
When Claire Foys character said “No, no parent would think that of their child” during the coming out conversation really stuck with me
Your comment, Beautiful to watch, really says it all.
The film deals with loneliness, grief and loss. But it also conveys how people react to those who are gay. Even though times have evolved and attitudes changed somewhat, there is still a note of misunderstanding and unacceptance.
It's interesting how differently Adam's parents react to him telling them he is gay.
His mother is shocked and not quite believing it. Full of concern and worry for her son's happiness and wellbeing, but then showing signs of disapproval. She's drinking her tea and as the conversation continues, she dumps it out as though it has lost its appeal. Then she tells Adam to take the pancakes with him as she will not be eating them. It's almost as though she has lost her appetite after hearing Adam is gay. Then I realized she is not hungry because she is not living.
Quite differently, Adam's father is unsurprised and reveals that he may have suspected Adam was gay and bullied at school. Then the discussion turns to why his father didn't discuss it with Adam and try to comfort him. His father asks why Adam didn't let him know. It comes out that his father didn't want to know and Adam realized he would not take it well so kept it to himself. The fear of confrontation and disappointment had created a barrier in their communication and relationship.
Interesting too, that Harry was raised at a much later time when gay issues were more open. Many concerns had been addressed in the later generation and society had evolved. However, Harry's family was not totally accepting of him being gay and Harry felt like an outsider. Times have changed, but some things are still a challenge for Harry. He still has his parents, but chooses to avoid them. When he is dead, no one cares enough to find him. What a sad concept.
WOW!. What an amazing movie. I'm s glad I git to see it in the cinema. Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal perfectly cast as two gay men steeped in grief and loneliness. It bought back so many emotions for me. The end credit and 'The power of love' song I sat there quietly sobbing till the final credit. I was really only a day later that the full impact of the movie hit me. And discussing it with a great friend that I understood the subtle nuances of the story and why it affected me as much as it did. See this movie, not once but twice, or more even. It really does have amazing healing powers. Thankyou.i hope this film is nominated next year and wins a BAFTA. Hugs Ric x
Heard so many mentions of this movie that I had to watch. I came to this review right afterwards. When Harry asked "Why didn't anyone find me?" Is when I finally broke down. A lot of the descriptions I'd seen prior talked about his relationship with his mother. While I took note of was the father-son relationship. His father was always (at least in his imagination) so loving and affectionate. As he was leaving after the first visit, his dad kissed him goodbye on the lips. As many fathers would do with their sons. The acting as a whole was beyond stellar. Harry, Harry, Harry. I always saw the immense sadness in his eyes, and i felt it in every scene. Even when it seemed he was joyful, that look was there. I'm happy that it took 2 days to watch this movie. If I had watched it in one go, I absolutely would have been more of a wreck than I am now.
Just came of seeing it, I absolutely loved it, moved me to tears so much, it’s beautiful, tragic, haunting, wonderfully acted and really shows the power of love in the most important yet isolated way that is relatable but also heartbreaking, fantastic movie!
I went to see it today (4/20, was released on Fri 4/19 in Tokyo), and was blown away, mesmerized. Heartacheingly beautiful, sad, lonely...Andrew Scott especially was stellar in his performance (I only knew him as Moriarty). I was crying from start to finish wiping my eyes and under my nose afraid ppl would notice. Did Harry say 'good bye' at the end??? Oh no had I missed that?? In any case I need to see it again. I've ween NUMEROUS films and many great ones but I don't remember one that made me bawl my eyes out so much from the beginning. Everything from the story, filming (don't know anything about it but), music, not to mention acting was beautiful, emotional and again, sooo sad.
Absolutely outstanding! It was incredible acting and just so heavy and powerful. 10/10 - I've never wanted to hug characters in a movie before....I genuinely want to hug Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal!
Yeah they were such great characters!
One of the most emotionally powerful films I've seen in years. Its emotional power can only be expressed by the inarticulate speech of one's heart!
I totally agree... it was so moving!
A masterpiece!!
Great review and I’m glad to know I’ve interpreted the story in a very similar way. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed the video and the movie!
„It‘s never enough time“ 😭😫😔
This is a masterpiece - in so many ways.
Thank you so much for your tremendously sensitive and insightful review. I have really enjoyed and admired all of director/writer Andrew Haigh's previous films and TV projects -- Weekend, 45 Years, Looking, Lean on Pete and The North Water -- but All of Us Strangers represents a step into something extraordinary and profound.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!
I did cry a little at the end, I felt so gutted learning that Harry wasn’t really there and Adam was losing him bc their love seemed so beautiful and human and innocent.
Yeah it's such a beautiful film!
The atmosphere of this amazing movie reminded me of another gem - Stay (2005). At the start of the movie I wasn't sure if I will finish it, at the end I wasn't sure if I will finish crying ever. :-)
I just uploaded my mini-review of this to my channel.
Burst into tears though like I did in the cinema!
This is the most hauntingly intoxicating thing I have watched in years.
Just spectacular 👍🏼
The most beautiful movie I have seen in years. Great story, amazing performances and beautifully shot. Absolutely broke my heart.The scene at the end whete he found Harry's body and you realise if he had let Harry into his apartment that night he might still be alive. I lost a sister to suicide so it is probably why its so sad. Wondering if you could have done anything to prevent it.Really want to see this movie again. Loved it
Andrew Scott was robbed of an Oscar nom. Amazing actor. They both were.
Yeah he deserved one!
I need to re-watch it. Loved the cast. Thanks for your review.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Something made me think about how he is somehow in between two worlds and that's why he can interact with them
I interpreted it as both Adam and Harry were dead and they were in limbo (hence the eerily empty apartment block), and they could only let go and die once they learned to love and receive love.
as someone who lost his mother, almost a decade ago, this was such an emotional gut punch to the soul. Such a beautiful film. Who of us doesn't wish we could have the chance to see them again, even if for a little while? Truly brilliant and moving..i bawled
This film was so devastating. I want to watch it again, but it hurt me so deeply, I’m afraid to go through that again.
Yeah it was such a moving film!
I empathize - wish we could both watch again with someone to share the watching and further discussion after.
@@tallguym4m we can
Paul mescal was quoted in Vanity Fair as “People who really respond to it kind of throw the rationale out the window, which is the way to encounter the film-it’s not about looking for what’s real and what isn’t,” he says. “If you watch All of Us Strangers and you become fixated by the reality, you’ve just missed the film! If you’re concerned about, ‘Oh, I feel robbed,’ then you’ve reduced it down to that fact as what the film is about-and it’s not about that.””
-I kind of get what he is saying but I also don’t find a problem in trying to figure out what’s real or not. I don’t think anybody misses the point of the movie and what Adam experiences if they discuss that but I also think it’s worth saying that if he did imagine it all I guess if it helped him then it’s OK? but why is it bad to want it to be real? If you imagine things in your life, instead of actually experiencing them, it’s a question of does it actually help you?
utterly brilliant review having just seen the film on concur and agree 100%❤
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed the vid. It was an amazing film wasn't it!
Thank you for the review and the spoilers. Told me all I needed to know about this wonderful movie. Especially the fact I never want to see it do to I would explode into a sobbing fool. But yes, Thank You.
If helped me process a lot of things and feel better about lost moments with my dad who passed. I hope that maybe it could help you similarly, but I understand just not being able to put yourself through such a sad film.
The review is good, but the film is so much more than all that’s said here. I would only advise not seeing it when you’re feeling particularly fragile, because it is heartbreaking - but also incredibly beautiful. Save it for a day when you’re feeling resilient
I just watched this movie yesterday and I really like it and the lighting is everything. Very well done.
Yeah it was incredible! The way it looked, the soundtrack, the transitions, the performances... so much!
I didn't want Harry to be dead at the end. Maybe Adam didn't exchange a set of ghosts for another.
Although the plot was not the same I thought of Mizoguchi's ' Ugetsu ' and devastaingly more than even that ' ghostly ' film. I think all the characters were dead ( literally ) and Sartre's ' Huis Clos ' also came to mind. The corridors, the constant remembering and revisiting after death. This analysis also makes sense of the disco scene. It is in my opinion a masterpiece and has to be endured. I place the film in what I call the films of endurance and for the weak or frail it could be devastating to watch.
I thought the same
Yes. Huis clos. L’enfer c’est les autres. Also shades (unintentional pub) of Truly Madly Deeply.
I lost my dad when I was 3 years old and don't have any memory of him. I'm a gay man and this film broke me because I saw myself on that story.
Adam lost his parents overnight and that was a traumatised event that caused him to feel deeply abandoned. Children who go through such horrific loss either become what Adan describes as having a scar on his chest - I'd say a car tissue, rigid and insecure, not allowing anyone in which literally happens when Harry knocks at his door, or extremely aggressive and demanding of attention. Adam has been a loner. He never goes out, no phone calls, or messages from friends - he is emotionally wounded. In the end, Adam says goodbye to his parents but can't move on and accept he has lost another love. He 'takes' Harry up to his flat, and in pursuit of comfort, they cuddle in bed like Adam used to do with his parents and falls back into his fantasy world.
THIS FILM JUST TORE ME APART 😭
phew it was such an emotional ride , I found myself weeping for most of the movie.
**Spoiler**
The moment I understood that his parents are not real and that he's imagining meeting them , the jar of tears just broke open from there till the end of the movie.
I'm not exactly sure why it moved me the way it did. Maybe because the film reflects the initial connection in the world with our caregivers, and how we long for their approval and love even when we're grown up.
There's something about hearing all of the things we long to hear from them, and telling them all we need to tell them, that is such a katarsis.
The state of PTSD that Adam was in was also highly relateble, as most of us carry traumas from our past which get stuck in our bodies and minds.
I think there's so much going on in this film that every human can relate to, because we have all had caregivers , and most of us have been traumatized one way or another..
10/10!!
I almost never cry at movies but this one had me shed tears a few times! Especially Adams last moments with his parents in the diner. Best film I've seen in quite a while.
Yeah this was such an emotional ride!
I couldn’t believe when this movie ended. It felt like it had only been on for 40 minutes I was that invested. Yet it was so beautifully slow moving
Totally agree
In a way it made me think of Mulholland Drive. I loved the story, the way the characters were portrayed, how they managed to display the emotional intimacy between Adam and Paul and the slowness of the movie. Great movie!
I can see that link, too!
Harry's death at the end was confusing to me; I just didn't get it; it's the only part of the film that is a bit hazy for me. He's dead, no, he's alive, no he's dead...? I got it with Adam and his parents; all of that worked for me--beautifully. It's Harry's demise that I'm still not settled about. As you said, the acting--by everyone--was superb; and the film was very moving (of course). So I congratulate and thank everyone for lovely performances. ps--When Jamie Bell (as the father) kissed his son, twice I think, on the lips, I started tearing up immediately. So much is said in those scenes, even without words.
I agree with what you say about the ending. I left the cinema broken and unsatisfied and with no hope for Adam. But reading all these different reviews and opinions and what people got out of it helped me to accept (and sort of understand) the ending even though I'm not happy about it. I'm still crying after a week and I'm not sure a movie should do this to viewers.
@@ingridstejskal7624I think we're sort of in the same boat. However, I'm not still crying--not over that flawed ending, anyway. Cheers@
@@blanchefan Thank you! That actually helps 😅
Heartbreaking - and hearthealing ❤❤❤
It’s a brilliant film. Superb acting and unbelievably emotional. I was sobbing for most of it and the twist at the end left me winded. Having lost a parent suddenly and traumatically, it brought so many emotions to the surface, I couldn’t sleep after watching it and the feeling stayed with me for days afterwards. Everybody o know who’s seen it was really affected by it. Powerful, beautiful, devastating, an absolute triumph of a film that leaves you wrecked
I never knew Harry was dead from the beginning. This film had me in tears especially when he says goodbye to his parents. We all have trauma embedded in us It really struck a few chords with me. I would definitely watch this again. I hope it gets nominated for Oscars and baftas
Baftas, yes; Oscars, no
One shot in the Christmas scene that got me was when his mother was singing “You Were Always On My Mind” to Adam. That was the best acting Claire Foy did in the entire film.
That was a great moment
I think that Adam was also dead from the beginning.
Do you think? Interesting thought!
Wonderful review! I still don't quite know how to read Adam at the end, though. Is he also a ghost? I ask because there he is with Harry and they are together a star in the night sky, which is profoundly beautiful, but leaves me wondering. Not that I need a tidy answer for everything, but this truly haunted me...
This also reminds me of Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
my take, this whole thing was a dreamscape. The empty condo building makes me feel that. Too surreal. Fear, depression, anxiety, desire will all resonate in his subconscience. He's a writer, his head is full of stuff. Harry was a manifestation of all his desires, fears of having a partner and the fear of losing a partner like Harry leaving him at the end. Or feeling like his is not worthy of love since his parents left him and struggles as an adult. Throw in some PTSD from his childhood. What a brilliant movie.
This is the most emotional movie I've seen in my life, when the end credits appear I couldn't move, the power of love is so strong, it's as if I was part of the story. I watched the movie 3 times in 3 days, each time new feelings appears.
I just saw this film. TBH, I was confused but I cried. When Harry was at the parent’s house, he saw a glimmer of them through the glass doors. That was when I started wondering if he was dead too.
Great movie. What a kick in the tender parts!!!!!
Yeah it really was a kick there! Such a great film with a real emotional edge to it
I saw this film on Monday evening and it completely broke me - I haven’t had such a visceral reaction to a film since I first saw David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive and I feel there are a lot of parallels.
Beautiful, romantic, dreamlike and utterly terrifying in parts.
Yeah the movie was such a moving one! I totally got what you felt and I feel that was the sole purpose of it!
I bawled my eyes out. I watched it on Disney (it's just been released), so i am glad i had that privacy, to watch it home, and not cry around anybody else. The last time i can remember a whole audience crying, was when "Philadelphia" was released. My mum took me, 14yo at the time, to the cinema, during the week, and the room was full. No-one said a word after it finished, and a lot didn't leave straightaway, because they were crying. I hope this beautiful film wins everything, as it truly deserves it.
Such a stunning experience!
It really is!
Been to see this film and absolutely got it it was brilliantly powerful and took you on a journey beautifully haunting will stay with me for a lifetime
Totally agree!