All of Us Strangers 2023

 All Of Us Strangers 2023

This is going to be a hard one to review because I have to be careful of the spoilers. I will give a brief outline of what the film is "about" Two youngish gay men meet in their spooky large apartment building in London and begin a romantic relationship. There it is in a nutshell. I will say that this is one of the saddest films I have ever seen and left me moody and depressed but I can't shake the film after one day of viewing it. It's a beautiful film about longing and loneliness with a superb performance by Andrew Scott who might be the upset in the Oscar race. He is a great actor. Also in the small cast is Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy, and the director is Andrew Haigh. I saw it at the Bam which is the only movie theatre complex I go to. I was expecting it to be in one of the smaller theatres, but instead it was in the large stadium theatre which was pretty much filled up at the 2 in the afternoon showing. All the other screenings later in the day and evening were sold out. I was surprised but pleased that it was attracting an audience. Unfortunately the screening was being shown with open captioning which I hate but had no choice. It seems that they must use it at one screening and that was that. I had no choice. I don't mind subtitles but I hate the descriptions that go with it, the phone rings, there is music on the radio, the wind whistles through the curtains and on and on. I can't say I got use to it. I wish I could say more about the story but I don't want to ruin it. It is based on a Japanese novel with straight characters instead of gay ones, so that is interesting.