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\n\tSet in the near future, Apple TV+\u2019s All of You<\/a> just might remind you of another futuristic Apple romdram, 2023\u2019s Fingernails from director Christos Nikou, in which Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed test their love by having their fingernails pulled off. There is a test in All of You as well, but this one is far less painful. Soul Connex is a method where you take the test and get matched with your true soulmate. Or so you think.<\/p>\n \n\tThat is the setup for the first few minutes of this debut feature from William Bridges. He co-wrote the screenplay with Brett Goldstein<\/a> (Ted Lasso), who also stars in the film with Imogen Poots<\/a>, essentially a two-hander with complications. Goldstein plays Simon, an affable guy and BFF of Laura (Poots) since their university days. When we meet this pair, they seem like the perfect couple, except they are just \u201cfriends.\u201d Simon agrees to pay for and accompany Laura to her test at Soul Connex, from which she hopes to find her true love. Simon refuses to take the test himself, and even at this point we can tell he secretly believes it his he who is her soulmate. But she is sold on the marketing that this test will reveal who it is.<\/p>\n \n\tIn no time, as Bridges keeps pressing the cinematic fast-forward button on this relationship, we see that Laura is paired with Lukas (Steven Cree), who also has submitted to the test, and thus his current girlfriend Andrea (Zawe Ashton) gets the idea that she isn\u2019t long for this relationship and exits. Lukas and Laura are hitched, have a kid and what looks like a very healthy marriage, especially since Lukas is a genuinely nice guy and good father. But is the passion there? <\/p>\n \n\tSet over the course of 12 years, we see the dynamic between BFFs Laura and Simon constantly play out against her actual marriage and his various attempts at love. It again is clear that he has never gotten over Laura, and a key moment where she impulsively lets down her guard, knocks on his door at 2 a.m. and instigates some hot sex confirms that she is questioning whether the test got it right in the first place. From this point on, over the next few years, Simon and Laura are involved in an affair, and somehow Lukas is clueless. This can\u2019t end well, can it?<\/p>\n \n\tNo spoilers here, but Bridges and Goldstein\u2019s smart screenplay doesn\u2019t cave to clich\u00e9s of typical romantic movies of this sort. Yes, it definitely has echoes of When Harry Met Sally, but also in its own way recalls Stanley Donen and writer Frederic Raphael\u2019s brilliant depiction of 12 years in the relationship and marriage of Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney in 1967\u2019s Two for the Road. All of You, fine and honest as it is, is not on the level of that underrated masterpiece, but it is in the same ballpark \u2014 not a bad place to be, in my book. The choice here it to simply advance the action in forward movements, jumping weeks, months, even years ahead with no onscreen graphic telling us where we are. The script does it for us, and though Goldstein and Poots don\u2019t appear to age, we get the idea.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tI thought it worked nicely, and no question we are engaged with Simon and Laura as both are complex lovesick individuals unable to erase their connection to each other, no matter how much in denial they may be at times. Both stars are excellent here, completely convincing in their onscreen chemistry or the whole souffl\u00e9\u00a0falls. It never does, even if at times it feels a little repetitive. But that is a minor quibble; this is still an affair to remember.<\/p>\n \n\tProducers are Goldstein, Bridges, Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett. The film premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n \n\tTitle: All of You
Distributor: Apple TV+
Release date: September 26, 2025 (Steaming on Apple and limited theatrical)
Director: William Bridges
Screenwriters: William Bridges and Brett Goldstein
Cast: Brett Goldstein, Imogen Poots, Zawe Ashton, Jenna Coleman, Steven Cree
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