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All of Us Strangers (2023) (Patreon)

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2025-09-23 00:37:01
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ndrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy

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Adam Grant

Yay I’m so excited this day came! -This is based off a Japanese book which itself had a Japanese movie adaptation in the 80s. I watched that one after this one and even though it has the same general story I think this one was much more profound. In the original movie the parents are actually ghosts whereas this leaves it more ambiguous but hints towards it being him screenwriting as you guys caught onto. Andrew Haigh did a great job of deriving the most interesting conflicts out of the premise, I think this movie is a great lesson in screenwriting that almost feels Socratic at times because each beat in the story is two characters interacting and exploring the dynamics and conflicts between the two. And I think it does a great job of being universally touching even if you can’t fully relate, even if you aren’t gay or haven’t lost your parents I think it gets to emotions that are universal. -The scene between Adam and his mom also stuck out to me the first time I watched it, especially if you consider it as him actually writing that scene imagining what it would be like, and watching the slow realization that even if his parents were still around there would still be this “otherness” about him, this obstacle between him and his parents’ love, so that even if his parents hadn’t died all his problems wouldn’t be solved, that just hit me pretty hard. -There’s a theory that Adam is actually dead too and all of this is a kind of place before the afterlife–at the beginning of the movie the fire alarm goes off, and repeatedly through the movie there are references to Adam being hot/coughing like he’s just inhaled smoke. Personally I like the screenwriting angle better but I think it’s interesting there are multiple interpretations. -I think Harry and Adam’s relationship is intentionally less interesting because I think queer loneliness is a big theme of the movie which you might not pick up on as much if you aren’t gay yourself. But often gay relationships can be very physical and surface level like that, and you even see Adam at some points struggling to imagine what a real relationship would be like–like during the bath scene I think Harry is talking about all the things he wants to do with Adam and it’s just the generic stuff Adam does anyways like eating takeout and watching tv at night. Of course the “I was too scared to let you in” also touches on the queer loneliness and then my personal theory is all of the “stars” at the end are meant to represent different people going through this loneliness like Harry and Adam did. Hence the title “All of Us Strangers”.

Nick Stark
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That’s what makes this movie even more interesting. You can watch this movie multiple times and change its interpretation each time you watch. I agree, the screenwriter angle is quite good but the theory that Adam is also dead, at least at the end, is also intriguing.