Post by Guest on Mar 16, 2024 3:13:15 GMT
All of Us Strangers (2023) Streaming on Hulu. Starring Andrew Scott as Adam. He lives in a large anonymous apartment building. The halls are dimly lit and empty. It's a little eerie or dreamlike. He meets Harry (Paul Mescal) , seemingly the only other person in the building. The two begin an affair. Both are sad and a little broken. We learn that Adam's parents were killed in a car crash when his was 12. He looks through a box of old photos which seem to inspire him to visit his childhood home. This is where the story takes an unexpected twist.
{Spoilers, although the trailer shows this} Adam discovers that his parents are living in the house just as they did when he was a child. They welcome him in and they have a lovely, homey visit. It's the kind of reunion that Adam might have imagined numerous times after losing his family. Claire Foy and Jamie Bell play Adam's parents. Both actors are younger than Andrew Scott. Adam comes back but this time only his mother is home. She asks if he has a girlfriend. Adam hesitates but reveals that he is gay. His mother is concerned, do others know? Is he lonely? What about having children? She reacts as she might have if he had come out as a kid. Adam is talking to someone who is literally living in the past. The movie is divided between his relationship with Harry and his visits to his family. What happens if these two worlds meet? His Adam hallucinating? At one point he asks his mother, "Is this real?" she replies, "I don't know. Does it feel real?"
The movie is basically those four characters but Andrew Scott carries most of the emotional weight. (He is reliably good in things like TV's Sherlock as Moriarty or the sexy priest on Fleabag.) I wasn't sure where the movie was going but it was an interesting premise, beautifully acted, and relatable. What would you say to lost loved ones if you could go back.
{Spoilers, although the trailer shows this} Adam discovers that his parents are living in the house just as they did when he was a child. They welcome him in and they have a lovely, homey visit. It's the kind of reunion that Adam might have imagined numerous times after losing his family. Claire Foy and Jamie Bell play Adam's parents. Both actors are younger than Andrew Scott. Adam comes back but this time only his mother is home. She asks if he has a girlfriend. Adam hesitates but reveals that he is gay. His mother is concerned, do others know? Is he lonely? What about having children? She reacts as she might have if he had come out as a kid. Adam is talking to someone who is literally living in the past. The movie is divided between his relationship with Harry and his visits to his family. What happens if these two worlds meet? His Adam hallucinating? At one point he asks his mother, "Is this real?" she replies, "I don't know. Does it feel real?"
The movie is basically those four characters but Andrew Scott carries most of the emotional weight. (He is reliably good in things like TV's Sherlock as Moriarty or the sexy priest on Fleabag.) I wasn't sure where the movie was going but it was an interesting premise, beautifully acted, and relatable. What would you say to lost loved ones if you could go back.
