All of us Strangers

Wow. That was a really good movie. I expected it to be drawn out, and slow moving. But that wasn't the case. It is really interesting to see where the movie is actually going (I had no idea what the storyline was when I watched it).

Good storyline, great acting, and good emotional tale without getting too soppy. I would highly recommend it.

I enjoyed it but I don't think it was amazing. I felt it somewhat started to fall apart near the end. The central conceit was stretched a little too thin. There are some very good performances in it. The scenes with his parents are really touching but I felt the ending didn't land.

It's interesting that Aftersun has been mentioned because this film reminded me a lot of it, even down to the viewing experience. I enjoyed it and found it very moving while watching but it affected me even more than I realized, as I found my mind constantly drifiting back to it in the days that followed.

I think there's naturally a huge amount of pathos for anyone who has lived a similar 'queer' narrative in terms of that whole coming out process but, like Aftersun, I think there's a much broader comment on how we understand our parents, what we criticize them for and how we can hold them to such high standards when they too are just people trying to do their best. I saw an interview with Andrew Scott recently where he said we should be more forgiving of our parents because they're living life for the first time too and I think that whole idea is what stuck with me most from this film. The scene where Claire Foy tries to offer some kind of subtle amends by singing 'You Were Always On My Mind' to Adam was just perfect and heartbreaking.

I'll be going back for a rewatch because again like Aftersun I think it's a film that benefits from a second viewing once you've gotten all the pieces together the first time around.

That all said, I still think Weekend is Haigh's best.

I don't think any of it was in Adam's head, it was a real experience for him.

No, I think he genuinely had a paranormal experience as an adult.

Saw it yesterday, thought it was good, great acting from Scott. I must be too thick to understand what it was meant to be though, like the whole Paul Mescal thing was imagined? I liked the scenes with his parents, they seemed really genuine with the 3 of them seeking some kind of redemption.

POSSIBLE SPOILER : I read this review which said both the lads were dead, and the big apartment block was purgatory. Think there is something to that..

“Adam lives in a seemingly empty London block of flats (which is very odd for London), which could be another suggestion not everything is as it seems. 

Speaking of the building, at the beginning of the movie a fire alarm goes off and the suggestion could be that the fire actually killed Adam and he's been in purgatory ever since, going over the story of his life. Which kinda explains why the building has that eerie feeling to it and why no one else is there.”

yes i've been thinking about it a lot since i saw it last sunday. the scene with his mother singing the lyrics from the pet shop boys scene to him, ugh, heartbreaking.

What’s the reaction as a gay man to Paul Mescal being apparently lonely and unwanted on the gay scene?

I watched it last night on Disney+ Canada

Would agree with many of the points made,it's very thought provoking with an extremely sad ending

You could take many things from it,not least the power of loss

The acting is 10 out of 10

Oh and really,there should an Oscar category for the intimacy coach or else there's something Mescal isn't telling us