Fred reviews All of Us Strangers

Fittingly heading home alone in London for a lonely crumble

[@Slutton]

The thing with loneliness is that it doesn't necessarily mean you have no mates, it could also mean that you find it hard to connect with anyone. It's definitely a thing for some people, especially as you get older and values and lifestyles change! Lack of physical touch doesn't help either which is why i loved the focus on them literally touching each other. So i can 100% believe that Adam is struggling with loneliness in this as being depressed doesn't help either. I cried for pretty much the second half of the whole film. Andrew definitely deserves all the noms for this.

[@fredasquithYT]

Great points

[@MrMigueldelaO]

being a work from home writer defines isolation - if he had a job to go to, he would have had more people contact, so I see why he gave Adam this situation. I chose to go to this film alone because I knew I was going to cry. I saw Broke Back Mountain in the theaters 7 times - there were no streaming services in those days and the DVD would not come out for a long time. Last year, I discovered Andrew Haigh's Weekend and declared it the best gay film ever made. (knocking out brokeback). I am not ready to dethrone Weekend. It's hard to not want to because Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are so damn charismatic. Did you write a Weekend review??

[@jindiyou]

The story is from a Japanese novel. The the Andrew Haigh remote it his style. His both parents are alive. It wasn't the biopic story. Nevertheless it was a powerful story.

[@fredasquithYT]

Great intel thank you

[@darrinb1972]

(SPOILERS AHEAD) I'm surprised Andrew Scott didn't get an Oscar nomination as well. ... Agree with you about the gay relationship being secondary. ... The film is based on a Japanese book, but I believe Andrew Haigh changed quite a bit. It's not quite autobiographical, but fun fact: that was Haigh's actual childhood home. ... I too cried in the film ... I really struggle with the ending. It basically means that all of the film happened in Adams mind, that he and Harry never met again after the first encounter, and had he not turned Harry away, he'd probably still be alive. So, in a way, Harry's death is partially Adam's fault. Not sure what I'm supposed to take away from that. I did love the film though.

[@fredasquithYT]

I struggled with that ending too, great point

[@MrMigueldelaO]

Also - you are really cute!!!