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Powerful masterpiece airs on TV tonight as fans call it 'saddest movie ever

The film, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, is airing on TV tonight after leaving fans in floods of tears.

[Paul Mescal (L) and Andrew Scott (R) star in Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers]

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Viewers were left in floods of tears (Image: Searchlight Pictures)

A masterpiece film is airing on Channel 4 tonight.

All Of Us Strangers first premiered in 2023, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy.

Based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, and directed by Andrew Haigh, the romantic fantasy film follows Adam, a lonely screenwriter living in London.

The emotional drama follows grief, as Adam, struggling to write a script about his childhood following the deaths of his parents 30 years ago, returns to his family home and discovers them to be magically alive.

Seeing them the way they were when they died, Adam talks to them about his life now, his identity as a gay man and their deaths.

[Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott in a scene in All of Us Strangers where Mescal is looking at Scott shirtless through a mirror]

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The drama has been hailed a 'masterpiece' (Image: Searchlight Pictures)

Adam also begins a romantic relationship with Harry, a mysterious man and his neighbour in London, as the pair find solace from their loneliness in each other.

The film scored wide critical acclaim, earning six Bafta nominations including Paul Mescal as best supporting actor and Claire Foy as best supporting actress.

Fans were just as impressed, with one person writing: I just watched All Of Us Strangers and needed to review it. That this is an outstanding movie in a year full of masterpieces is by itself an accomplishment. But theres so much more to that.

Another added: I was gripped by this film and could not take my eyes off the screen the whole time.

Someone else called it a "phenomenal psychological drama, as someone else said it was an exceptional, haunting film.

[Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers]

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The film airs on Channel 4 tonight (Image: Searchlight Pictures)

One another said: I dont remember the last time I sat through a 2hour movie and cried for almost the entirety of it. A deep and emotional movie that touched me deeply.

Another person called it utterly beautiful, terribly distressing, adding: I dont know yet if I consider this perfect, still wet with tears after watching, but it has to be as near as possible.

One fan said all of me wants to re-watch it all over again, continuing in their review: It is very minimalistic, however it grabs you by the throat and never lets go. It has been months and I still cannot process what an absolute masterpiece I have witnessed on the big screen.

Another called it the saddest movie I ever saw, as another echoed: I dont think I have cried so much at a film in a very long time.

[Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in All of Us Strangers]

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Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal starred in All of Us Strangers (Image: Searchlight Pictures)

In a 2023 interview, Andrew said he certainly drew on my own experience for parts of the role, and felt a connection to screenwriter Haighs background.

He told Screen Daily: I have never met Andrews parents and Andrew has never met mine, but because we were shooting in Andrews family home, sometimes I had this feeling, Oh my god, he would have lost a tooth in that little bathroom, and now a crew is stampeding through here. It was an extraordinary thing for him to take us back to that childhood house.

He added: We spoke an awful lot about our own experiences, and our own times of growing up in the early 90s, so I could feel so much in relation to my own pain or joy. Sometimes I think what is really required of you [as an actor] is to show as much of yourself as possible, and thats what I tried to do and it was a real catharsis for me.

All Of Us Strangers airs on Channel 4 at 10pm on Monday, June 8

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