Andrew Haigh’s latest film is a surreal and sensual parable of grief.
To borrow from another pop culture property: What is grief, if not love persevering?
Simultaneously, he strikes up a passionate romance with Harry.
Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott in ‘All of Us Strangers’.Searchlight Pictures
Haigh’s film is more a tone poem on loss and love than a strictly linear narrative.
Scott and Mescal have electric chemistry; their love scenes are sweaty, intimate, and visceral.
Scott, belovedly known most asFleabag’sHot Priest, finally gets a leading film role worthy of this talent.
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in ‘All of Us Strangers’.Searchlight Pictures
Mescal, mumbly and physically affectionate, juxtaposes against Scott’s more restrained physicality.
Scott has always excelled at allowing for raw vulnerability on screen, andStrangersis no exception.
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Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott in ‘All of Us Strangers’.Searchlight Pictures
