“All Of Us Strangers”- I just left a screening with a Q&A from Andrew Scott

I really want Andrew face-down in my bed so i could rim him, then piss-fuck him for yous.

OP did you like the film?

Was it good, OP? On a scale of 1 to 10.

[quote] Ask me anything.

Do you think monkeys are cute, or scary?

R3 I would give it a 7.5. I liked it a lot at times but felt a disconnect at moments and feel some of the choices Haigh made were strange. There was one scene in particular I wish was not even in the film. Up to that scene I thought it was great but the scene sort of felt a bit much to me. Many will disagree with me, I’m sure, but I did not care for that moment.

I loved the four performances though and they are what carry the film. Jamie Bell and Claire Foy were amazing, but unlike most, I give the edge to Jamie Bell. Claire Foy had more to do though but I felt the scene where Adam and his father are chatting alone and he admits he always knew his son was a fruit because he couldn’t catch or throw a ball like a boy leading to a very tender and honest conversation was the most beautiful scene in the film.

“Ask me anything”. Are you a top or bottom?

And, how big is your unit?

Cut or uncut?

Two trains are driving toward one another. The first train leaves Town A at 5am traveling at 60 miles per hour. The second train leaves Town B at 7am traveling at 70 miles per hour. the distance between Town A and Town B is 455 miles.

What is the EXACT time that the collision will occur?

Oh, and I didn’t like the ending!!!!

What about Andrew Scott? Top, bottom or verse?

Me neither OP and I saw it coming as I’m sure you did.

R9 I do not know about his personal life in real life but his character Adam was the bottom.

R10 I definitely saw that coming but the twist wasn’t even what I didn’t like, it was the way it played out I didn’t like.

Is there anyone at all at this point who liked that ending? What was Haigh thinking?

R5 what scene didn't you like?

This is a spoiler ok thread.

R13 I’m guessing people did because the critics are mostly saying the end rips your heart out. It didn’t for me. Actually I think maybe like 2 or 3 people were probably crying in my theater and it wasn’t at the ending. You didn’t hear any sniffles really or anything like you do with some tearjerkers. It was very quiet though, which is good and there were some laughs that landed for some, which was good. But when it ended not everyone stayed for Andrew Scott and got up and walked out fast. The woman next to me was saying to the guy she was with “it was ok”. But there were a few who clapped. So I guess the ending resonates differently with everyone, naturally. I found it predictable and a cop-out.

R14 the club scene.

I liked the scene when it was simply Harry and Adam going to a gay club together and having fun, finally. However, Harry then gives Adam a drug he’s never had and he begins to trip and it turns into a nightmare within a nightmare within a nightmare within a nightmare type situation where he’s freaking out and then wakes up about 3 or 4 times before finally actually waking up and Harry telling him that after he took the drug he started screaming out for his parents and crying in the club so Harry brought him back to his apartment and stayed in bed with him until he finally woke up. But before he finally did wake up you see him waking up about 3 different times in a sequence of dream/nightmare effects.

I did not like this and it felt out of place and over the top, to me.

[quote]I really want Andrew face-down in my bed so i could rim him, then piss-fuck him for yous.

No need to piss-fuck him for me.

What about double penetration, op? Could you get a buddy to double penetrate him with you? Thanks!

I told someone I know who watched it at a screening in Spain all the way back in September and watched it again earlier this week in Brazil that I did not like the ending and she flipped out. So like I said, I think many will disagree with me on that but I thought it was kind of over the top and maudlin, the way it played out.

OP, what would you say was the demographic of your audience. Someone I know went to see it at a screening in London and said the audience was mostly women and very white so I wonder if that was the case in NY also.

R20 same. It had a lot of guys too but most of them with a woman, maybe a few with other men or alone (I went alone) but it was a lot of women with other women, and I would say my audience was probably 85% white,, 10% Asian and 5% other. There were definitely a good amount of Asian women in there. But yes, a sea of whiteness, which isn’t a shock to anyone. I doubt this film will appeal to most POC, gay or straight.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Not OP, but I watched this back in September and again recently and mostly agree with him. I overall liked it but the hoopla early critics made about it are ridiculous. It’s well acted and a sad but tender story but definitely not a big Oscars contender. Actually, I feel if it was the same exact movie but kept a straight couple instead of gay most wouldn’t have even liked it, and I stand by that. There is a political aspect to these reviews.

Andrew Scott is great but I personally preferred the three supporting performances to his, but none of them will get an Oscar nom. Numerous times when Scott is crying there are no tears coming from his eyes. I notice things like that. He’s the only one who has potential to because he’s in the Lead category instead of Supporting and the Lead Actor category is not as stacked this year as the Supporting.

Paul Mescal adds fresh air every time he’s on screen. A star. He was funny, charming, charismatic while also kind of sad all at the same time. He’s phenomenal as Harry. I loved Jamie Bell as the father, he actually reminded me a lot of my own father. I loved when he admitted to hearing Adam crying in his room but he never went in to check on him because he figured he was being bullied at school and he himself knew if he was in school with his own son he would also bully him, leading Adam to tell him he knew and that’s why he never told him he was being bullied. It was an honest moment. Claire Foy was great and I loved her reaction to Adam telling her he’s gay because it was so true of the time period she was alive in, the 80s. She was not happy about it and let him know and feared he would catch “that disease” and he lets her know that isn’t an issue anymore. She eventually warms up to the fact her son is gay.

I agree with OP about the club scene. It was just so strange and didn’t fit the vibe of the rest of the movie. A nightmare within a nightmare within a nightmare? We get that Adam has a lot of trauma and struggles to sleep because he has nightmares but did we need to see what these nightmares were like? Not really.

The ending would have been fine if they didn’t end it on such a maudlin note. After Adam says goodbye to his parents (against his will and in a very strange scene) he goes back to his building to see Harry, and for the first time stops on the 6th floor. He enters Harry’s apartment (for the first time) and immediately notices a smell. He enters Harry’s bedroom to find Harry’s rotting dead body, and then hears someone enter the apartment. He leaves the bedroom and Harry is standing there. Harry has been dead since the first night they met, he drank himself to death in a state of deep loneliness and sadness. Harry’s wandering soul and spirit don’t know he’s dead although he suspects it, and asks Adam if he’s dead in his bedroom. Adam doesn’t answer and Harry asks again, now starting to have a meltdown because he’s felt something was off and felt he may be dead. He learns he is dead and he explains to Adam how he needed him that night he stopped by and shouldn’t have been left alone, he was in a dark place. Adam apologizes to him for turning him away that night when he stopped by drunk and clearly wasn’t well but Adam himself felt scared. Adam brings Harry up to his apartment and they lay in bed, talking a bit and Harry tells Adam he is scared. Adam says he is too, as he stares into his eyes and plays with his hair. They chat briefly as Harry begins to fall asleep. Adam tells Harry to turn over, so his back with face him. They spoon as music plays and the camera zooms out from overhead. A bright white light shines on their resting bodies and everything around them goes black. The light keeps getting smaller and smaller until it’s all darkness with a small dot of light. The final shot is the light expanding for a second (I assume Harry officially leaving earth and entering the light) and then roll the credits.

I'm getting a little verklempt as I read that.

I just watched it tonight (and was surprised it was on the AMPAS streaming service so quickly, as it only opened in theaters today). I find Andrew Haigh very hit or miss. I loved Weekend, hated 45 Years (with the exception of Rampling's performance). Hated Looking, but loved Lean on Pete. This one I'm sort of in the middle. There were definitely things to admire about it, but I'm not sure he translated the spirit of the novel the way it should have been. (Then again, I'm not certain many could.) Especially near the end, I half expected Oda Mae Brown to walk in and say, "Adam, you in danger, guuurl."

I thought Andrew Scott mostly did well, but the real standout was Jamie Bell, who did a LOT with the little he was given. Wow.

Claire Foy was the weak link for me. She was fine, but she clearly was working at a rung lower than the boys.

R24 it didn’t open in theaters today. It opens in select theaters on the 21st and opens wider on the 25th.

It isn’t on the AMPAS yet.

[quote] It isn’t on the AMPAS yet.

Really, then how did I just watch it last night at home?

[quote]opens wider on the 25th

Pics please.

R26 sorry I didn’t realize they uploaded it already. I thought it was uploading next week.

Are there sex scenes - if so - describe

Andrew Scott just sort of mopes throughout the movie. I don’t think he did anything to deserve this over the top praise. I actually found Mescal and Bell to be more effective. Scott felt cold during the final scene, not emotional or warm.

R29 there are two and they’re very brief. Again, people made a fuss about nothing. As usual. Also, if that is what you’re worried about this isn’t a movie for you.

There are two sex scenes, but they are pretty tame and abbreviated. I will say much of it reminded me of Weekend, the claustrophobic high rise, the two main characters in that setting through a good deal of the film, the way they connect, etc.

Of course the story is very different.

During the Q&A Andrew Scott said that they made it a point to show affection and tenderness between two men vs. just fucking. They made the sex scenes very brief and tame and focused more on the tenderness between the two men on purpose. He said when most people think of gay men there is this stigma about them being over-sexual and all gay men care about is FUCKING (the word he used) but they wanted to show that some gay men actually want a relationship and are affectionate and caring and not just there for a quick fuck.

I really liked the discussion they had about being called gay vs. queer.

Fuck queer.

I mean, it was mentioned but I wouldn’t call it a “fuck queer” discussion. Harry says queer and Adam says queer but that he still struggles with the word because it was an insult thrown at gays when he was growing up, but young gays don’t understand that. Harry says something about gays taking the word and making it their own as a form of empowerment (or something to that degree).

in other words... a discussion.

They didn't hire Mummenschanz to come mime it out.

R36 I didn’t say it wasn’t a discussion, I said it wasn’t a fuck queer discussion. If anything it was a pro queer discussion

I didn't say it was a fuck queer discussion. That was my comment. Fuck "queer." It's a bullshit term. Hence why I separated it from the sentence.

Scene of Adam in his bedroom with his mom

I'm looking forward to seeing this. Bad reviews here or not.

I generally consider bad review here a guaranty that something is worth watching.

Does Andrew Scott show dick or ass? We know Paul Mescal has already showed his ass and girthy dick.

No one gave it a bad review though.

R42 upthread you asked about sex scenes. Two different people answered you saying there were two very fast and short sex scenes. Now you’re asking about nudity.

First off, very few actors show dick. So stop speaking about it like everyone is out here showing dick. Very very few do.

And no. He doesn’t show ass or dick. Mescal shows ass for about 2 seconds. That’s it. Fucking ridiculous immature questions.

Bomer has shown dick…In my dreams, he’s a grower.

Also, I’m trying to my entertainment light, and don’t need what I think this entails.

Woah. Bomer. You named one actor. Good job.

R46 Get a fucking life, you basement-dwelling, dickless Incel.

What did Matt Bomer show dick in? 🧐

Damn…I can’t remember but use your googler.

Aka it never happened.

[quote] Also, I’m trying to my entertainment light, and don’t need what I think this entails.

You "think?" Prove it, cause we're not buying it.

Christ, just hit Mr Man. Dot com.

You’re really tiresome, grandpa.

Plenty of actors have shown dick. BesidesMescal, Kevin Bacon,, Jason Segal, Richard Gere, Barry Keoghan, Alan Rickman, Matthew Goode, Chris Pine, Ewan MacGregor, Michael Fassbender, Ralph Fiennes, and plenty of others. If you think those are ridiculous,, immature questions, you’re on the wrong site. Better go back to Reader's Digest.

R53 a small portion have shown dick. When you think of all the working actors out there vs those who show dick, it’s a very small percentage

>>>that they made it a point to show affection and tenderness between two men vs. just fucking.

And one quick bang in the Senate hearing room erases all that goodwill.