One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
The Hollywood Reporter – “All of Us Strangers has qualities that have always been there in Haigh’s work — a keen perceptiveness about human nature, desire, fear, loss and the restorative power of connection. Here, those aspects come together in his most uniquely personal film since Weekend.” (full review here)
The Guardian – “Andrew Haigh’s mysterious, beautiful, and sentimental film is a fantasy-supernatural romance about loneliness and love. It concerns the climacteric of middle age when you realize you are probably nearer to death than birth, there is no guarantee that you will live your life inside a relationship and your parents were ordinary, vulnerable people – just like you.” (full review here)
Observer – “All of Us Strangers is meditative and cerebral in nature, careful and quiet in execution. Haigh crafts an isolated London life for Adam, from his all but empty apartment complex to an alienating night out at a club. It makes his time with Harry all the sweeter, as Scott and Mescal create a beautiful intimacy between two men who desperately need it.” (full review here)
