The Rest of Us (film)


The Rest of Us is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Aisling Chin-Yee. The film stars Heather Graham as a single mother who reluctantly takes in her ex-husband's second wife as a houseguest after his untimely death leaves his new family homeless. It also stars Jodi Balfour, Sophie Nélisse and Abigail Pniowsky.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and was acquired by levelFILM for Canadian distribution.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in North Bay, Ontario in 2018.

Critical reception

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90%, based on ten reviews, with an average rating of 7.38/10.
The Hollywood Reporters Sheri Linden praised the film as "sharply written and sensitively played." NOW Magazines Norman Wilner called it "a small, delicate drama – maybe too small, since the 80-minute running time has the effect of compressing certain emotional beats," but concluded that "it’s not a bad thing when a film leaves you wishing it were longer." Exclaim!'s Alex Hudson agreed that the short runtime didn't benefit the story, but wrote, "as a small-scale examination of a unique form of grief, it packs a lot of emotional complexity into a small package."