You’ve put together a beautiful montage. I loved this film……until the surprise ending. It made no sense - Adam’s parents encouraged him to pursue a relationship with Harry, at the same time they had to end communication with him, so he could move forward. That was the trajectory. So the plot twist seemed manipulative. Did Harry exist, or was he a figment of Adam’s imagination? In the book, Adam is indeed capable of communicating with the dead, so it’s not a huge leap to believe he can communicate with his parents. The director and actors have been coy about the end; “it’s open to interpretation.” What does that mean? Do the two men have a Tristan & Isolde ending where their souls merge in heaven? Very frustrating.
The way I interpreted it was that if Adam is truly able to communicate with the dead, then he really did fall in love with Harry for who he was, it just so happened to be his soul rather than his body, and so his parents cutting contact with him was worth it, because at least he'd loved and been loved in return. But maybe he wasn't really communicating with the dead at all, maybe we were watching his sanity disintegrate as he failed to cope with his grief and all his interactions with Mum, Dad and Harry were projections of his own assumptions as to how they might behave but ultimately he's talking to himself. In which case, cutting contact with Mum and Dad wasn't a loss, because they were never really there, he's just moved from one morbid fixation to another. It could be either scenario, really.
@ Interesting theory, and thanks for taking the time to write. To be honest, the more I think about it, the more it seems like a well-acted thought-provoking movie……with a half-assed poorly written ending. If I watch it again, which I doubt, I will simply turn it off when Adam says goodbye to his parents.
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All of Us Strangers and Fellow Travelers are the reason I needed therapy in 2023 😂❤ Two amazingly beautiful and heartbreaking stories
Спасибо.. История очень трогательная.... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉
You’ve put together a beautiful montage. I loved this film……until the surprise ending. It made no sense - Adam’s parents encouraged him to pursue a relationship with Harry, at the same time they had to end communication with him, so he could move forward. That was the trajectory. So the plot twist seemed manipulative. Did Harry exist, or was he a figment of Adam’s imagination? In the book, Adam is indeed capable of communicating with the dead, so it’s not a huge leap to believe he can communicate with his parents. The director and actors have been coy about the end; “it’s open to interpretation.” What does that mean? Do the two men have a Tristan & Isolde ending where their souls merge in heaven? Very frustrating.
The way I interpreted it was that if Adam is truly able to communicate with the dead, then he really did fall in love with Harry for who he was, it just so happened to be his soul rather than his body, and so his parents cutting contact with him was worth it, because at least he'd loved and been loved in return. But maybe he wasn't really communicating with the dead at all, maybe we were watching his sanity disintegrate as he failed to cope with his grief and all his interactions with Mum, Dad and Harry were projections of his own assumptions as to how they might behave but ultimately he's talking to himself. In which case, cutting contact with Mum and Dad wasn't a loss, because they were never really there, he's just moved from one morbid fixation to another. It could be either scenario, really.
@ Interesting theory, and thanks for taking the time to write. To be honest, the more I think about it, the more it seems like a well-acted thought-provoking movie……with a half-assed poorly written ending. If I watch it again, which I doubt, I will simply turn it off when Adam says goodbye to his parents.