An acclaimed Andrew Scott drama written and directed by Andrew Haigh is now available to stream in the UK. Released in 2023, All of Us Strangers is a loose adaptation of Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel Strangers and also stars Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell.
The film follows a lonely television screenwriter, Adam (Scott), who begins a relationship with a neighbour, played by Mescal. Meanwhile, Adam frequently visits his childhood home, now empty, where he sees the ghosts of his parents as they were at the time they died in a car crash when he was 12.
The sweet meetings with the ghosts of his mum and dad, portrayed by Foy and Bell, give Adam the chance to reconcile with them, but a heartbreaking twist awaits.
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All of Us Strangers is available to watch on Channel 4’s streaming platform after it aired on Channel 4 last night. The film is Certified Fresh with a near-perfect critic score of 96% out of 272 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes.
Also popular with the audience — Haigh’s movie has an approval rating of 91% on the Popcornmeter — All of Us Strangers has been hailed as an “enthralling” ghost story led by four “superlative” actors (via ABC News), with RogerEbert.com agreeing that the story is “elevated by the work of all of the actors”.
“What matters here is not just what is being said, but the emotions underneath,” the review also noted.
Elsewhere, Rolling Stone UK said of the film: “With a quartet of accomplished stars at its centre, All of Us Strangers is a potent exploration of love and loss that will stay with you long after the credits roll.”
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iNews.co.uk called the film “overwhelmingly powerful”, with The Australian enthusing: “All of Us Strangers is a mysterious, absorbing, slightly surreal film about love, in all its complexity, beauty and sadness.”
All of Us Strangers is streaming on Channel 4.
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