You Are Not Alone (2024 film)

You Are Not Alone (French: Vous n'êtes pas seuls) is a Canadian romantic comedy science fiction film, directed by Marie-Hélène Viens and Philippe Lupien and released in 2024.

[1] The film stars Pier-Luc Funk as Léo, an aimless young man in Montreal who meets and falls in love with Rita (Marianne Fortier), a musician, while being unknowingly targeted by an alien (François Papineau) who is preying on the city's young slackers.

[2] The cast also includes Sandrine Bisson, Blaise Tardif, Micheline Lanctôt and Florence Blain Mbaye.

"[6] On Elements of Madness, Justin Waldman awarded the film 3/5, and said: "Philippe Lupien and Marie-Hélène Viens craft a romance that is blended with science fiction that unfortunately doesn’t lean into either category too heavily.

While the exploration of both genres is touched upon, further fleshing them out would cast a wider net of appeal, but thankfully the brilliance distilled upon the film from the two leads brings the genre mashup to par and creates a world for the audience to get lost in, even if the payoff is slightly underwhelming.