Set in the near future, Apple TV+’s romdram All Of You just might remind you of another futuristic Apple romdram, 2023’s 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.
That is the set up for the first few minutes of this debut feature from William Bridges who co-wrote the screenplay with Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) who also stars in it with Imogen Poots, essentially a two-hander with complications. Goldstein plays Simon, an affable guy and BFF since their days at Uni with Laura, played by Imogen Poots. When we meet this pair they seem like the perfect couple, except they are just “friends”, and Simon agrees to pay for and accompany Laura to her test at Soul Connex in 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 actual soulmate, but she is sold on the marketing that this test will actually reveal who it is.
In 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’t long for this relationship and exits. Lukas and Laura are married, 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? Set over the course of 12 years we see the dynamic between BFF’s Laura and Simon constantly play out against her actual marriage and his various attempts at love. It is again clear he has never gotten over Laura, and a key moment where she impulsively lets down her guard, knocks on his door at 2AM 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’t end well, can it?
No spoilers here, but Bridges and Goldstein’s smart screenplay doesn’t cave to cliches 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’s and writer Fredric Raphael’s brilliant depiction of 12 years in the relationship and marriage of Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney in 1967’s 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, 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 on-screen graphic telling us where we are. The script does it for us, and though Goldstein and Poots don’t appear to age, we get the idea.
I 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 on screen chemistry or the whole souffle falls. 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.
Producers are Goldstein, Bridges, Aaron Ryder, and Andrew Swett. The film originally premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Title: All Of You
Distributor: Apple TV+
Release Date: September 26, 2025 (Steaming on Apple and Limited Theatrical)
Director: William Bridges
Screenplay: William Bridges and Brett Goldstein
Cast: Brett Goldstein, Imogen Poots, Zawe Ashton, Jenna Coleman, Steven Cree
Running Time: 1 hour and 38 minutes
