All of Us Strangers (2023)

Jamie Bell: Dad

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• Dad : [tearing up]  I'm sorry I never came in your room when you were crying.

  Adam : [tearing up]  No, really, it's okay dad. I get it. It was so long ago.

• Adam : You'd tell me not to cross my legs, like a woman. Over and over and over again.

  Dad : Did I?

  Adam : I still think about it every time I cross my legs.

• Dad : I would hear you cry in your room after school. Did the boys bully you?

  Adam : Not just the boys.

  Dad : What would they do?

  Adam : They'd call me a girl. Refuse to play with me. Flush my head down the toilet and flick drawing pens at my face.

  Dad : Kids are such little cunts.

  Adam : Why didn't you come into my room if you heard me crying?

  Dad : Why didn't you tell me what was happening at school?

  Adam : No, you answer first. You can be honest.

  Dad : I didn't want to think of you as the type of boy that other lads picked on. I knew that if I was at your school, I'd have probably picked on you too. I can't imagine that's very nice to hear.

  Adam : I think I always knew that anyway. It's probably why I never told you what was happening to me.

• Dad : [to Adam]  I know I was never good at saying it-I couldn't get the words out. But I do love you, very much. Somehow even more now that I know you.

• Dad : [to Adam]  Can I hug you now?

• Adam : What about you?

  Dad : What about me?

  Adam : How do you feel about it?

  Dad : It was hardly a shock. I always knew you were a bit tooty fruity.

  Dad : [Adam laughs]  You couldn't throw a ball for shit, however much I tried to teach you.

  Adam : You make me sound like a horrible cliché.

  Dad : Can you throw a ball?

  Adam : Not at all.

• Dad : What do you think we should say to each other? I'm not sure I've much wisdom to share. Maybe Adam, being older, should be sharing some with us!

  Adam : Maybe we don't need to say anything.

  Dad : Maybe. Although I will say that getting to know you has made us very proud.

  Adam : I'm not sure I've done much to be proud of. I've muddled through at best.

  Dad : But you've got through it. Some very tough times, I'm sure. And you're still here. That's what we're proud of.

• Mum : [Taking her husband's hand]  I love you, darling.

  Dad : You sure? Sometimes I was never so sure.

  Mum : Whatever problems we had, I'm glad I get to be with you at the end.

  Dad : Me too. You always did feel a little bit like my lifeboat.

• Dad : [to Adam]  She's going to be over the moon to see you.

  Dad : [as the front door opens]  Guess who I found loitering in the park?

  Mum : Is it him?

  Dad : Oh, yeah. Definitely him. Look in his eyes.

  Mum : [looks at Adam]  Yes, it is you!

  Adam : Hi.

  Mum : Hi. Don't just stand there. Get yourself inside!

• Dad : I want to ask something.

  Mum : Oh god. Don't ask him.

  Dad : I have to.

  Dad : [to Adam]  Was it quick?

  Mum : Jesus! I told you not to.

  Dad : How can you not want to know?

  Mum : What if it was slow and horribly painful?

  Dad : What difference does it make?

  Mum : It makes a big difference!

  Adam : It was quick.

  Mum : It was?

  Adam : Yes.

  Mum : For both of us?

  Adam : Yes.

  Mum : You don't look like you're sure. Don't be fibbing. No secrets now.

  Adam : It was quick.

  Mum : [Exhales]  Ok. That's a relief of sorts. It's been playing on my mind.

• Dad : Our boy's back home.

  Mum : Our son.

• Adam : [Referring to his dad]  I still have good memories too.

  Dad : I hope so.

• Dad : Shall we go, then?

  Adam : Where?

  Dad : Home, of course.