Film Review

All of Us Strangers (2023) — the perfect blend of mystery, emotion, and humanity

A writer drawn to his childhood home enters into a relationship with a neighbour as he discovers his dead parents appear to be alive…

Among the most profound and touching of films in recent years, All of Us Strangers weaves a harrowing tale of queer love; exploring lives unlived and the bittersweet truth that time with loved ones is precious and finite.

Written and directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years), All of Us Strangers is based on Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel Strangers, but changes the protagonist’s sexuality and relocates the story from Tokyo to contemporary London. While not strictly a ghost story or a time travel film, the film unfolds like a dramatisation of a dream from which one can’t fully awaken.

Paul Mescal as Harry & Andrew Scott as Adam in ‘All of Us Strangers’ — Credit: Searchlight Pictures

In a mostly empty apartment block, lonely screenwriter Adam (Andrew Scott) exists in the…