There seems to be a full plate for competence in All of Us Strangers by Andrew Haigh. It is adapted from Taichi Yamada's 1987 novel "Strangers" though Haigh gives mere focus only a certain part of it as opposed to the entire book. All of Us Strangers offers a multi-layered story featuring themes on solitude, modern-age life, queer culture and scars from the past. Adam and Harry create a bond with uneven metaphysical romance which underline as well as provoke childhood trauma, unrecruited love, loneliness, and grief but only on metaphorical dimensions. I was unable to overcome the prevailing sense of artificiality in the script's layout despite watching the film twice.
The film overall provides more ambiguity than insight; more formulated scenes than internalized character studies. Everything is there along with an undeniable sense of half-cooked movie.
The film overall provides more ambiguity than insight; more formulated scenes than internalized character studies. Everything is there along with an undeniable sense of half-cooked movie.
