Adam is a screenwriter who is drawn back to his childhood home as he writres about his parents who died 30 years earlier, whilst embarking on a relationship with his mysterious neighbor Harry.
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All of Us Strangers is an interesting take on grief and childhood trauma that you just cannot get away from, merging reality with dream like scenarios and I guess throwing alcohol and drugs into the mix doesn’t really bode well for a mental state of mind.
As Adam is looking at old photos and writing about his parents he heads back to the home he grew up in with them and is transported back to a time when he felt loved, missing them endlessly. When he arrives they both happen to be there and the same age when they died, curious on the life their son went on to lead.
On the occasions conversations happen we get the feeling that it is how Adam would have expected them to react in finding out he is a gay man and has a tough life because of their early deaths. While this is happening he also gets to know Harry a little bit, or maybe that should be they spend some time together.
Now, I had been really looking forward to this film as I thought it was going to have an incredible romance at its core and quite frankly it is far from that. I certainly missed something that everyone else seems to be raving about when it comes to this one, and in all honesty that shocked me as this really is my usual type of film that I massively enjoy.
Andrew Scott is impressive enough in the leading role and goes through the motions with some tough scenes. But I felt as though Jamie Bell was the ultimate scene stealer and given some outstanding lines and moments which were the best part about the film. Overall, it just wasn’t for me and merged the lines between reality and make believe too much to give it credit for being groundbreaking.
