"At last year's Toronto film festival, British romance All of You premiered at a time when we were starting to feel a little fatigued with films like it. The drama was one of the many Black Mirror-adjacent dystopias of that time, shown at the same festival as The Assessment (what if the right to have children was decided by someone else) and Daniela Forever (what if a lucid dream trial could reunite you with a dead partner)."
"The year before had seen The Pod Generation (what if babies could be grown in artificial wombs), Foe (what if a body double could take your place) and Fingernails (what if true love had to be scientifically proven) and given the mostly subpar quality of them, we had started to dream of our own radical future, a land where these copycats ceased to exist."
"To its credit, All of You is one of the least egregious of an increasingly egregious subgenre, a surprise given its heritage. It's directed and co-written by William Bridges, whose credits include not only Black Mirror (he wrote Shut Up and Dance and co-wrote both USS Callisters) but the instantly forgettable rip-off series Soulmates, a one season dud that did the what if but for a genetic love test."
All of You premiered at the Toronto film festival during a wave of Black Mirror-adjacent dystopias that included The Assessment and Daniela Forever. The preceding year featured The Pod Generation, Foe and Fingernails, prompting fatigue with similar speculative premises. After a low-key festival debut, Apple acquired the film, aligning it with the platform's tech-tinged fare alongside Fingernails and Swan Song. The film is one of the least egregious examples of the subgenre. William Bridges directed and co-wrote the film, drawing on his Black Mirror credits and elements of his series Soulmates, including the company name Soul Connex. The plot centers on a soulmate test that launches a conventional relationship drama.
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