Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
All of Us Strangers is an achingly tender and distinctively crafted film. Andrew Haigh's direction, combined with luminous cinematography from Jamie Ramsay, creates a dreamy, liminal atmosphere that is wholly its own. The performances from Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are genuinely exceptional — emotionally raw and deeply inhabited. The magic realist conceit of revisiting deceased parents is handled with rare delicacy and originality, drawing from Taichi Yamada's source novel while feeling singular on screen. The ending, while emotionally resonant for many, divides opinion — its final revelation recontextualizes everything but may feel abrupt or alienating rather than cathartic, preventing full closure and making it the one area that slightly underserves the film's otherwise extraordinary emotional architecture.