#TIFF26: “EVERYBODY WANTS TO F*CK ME”

By Nicholas Porteous

Adam (Taron Egerton) is the nicest bachelor in London. He supports the women in his workplace, loves theatre and modern art, listens to Haim while he runs, and–based on his tote bag–he’s got a MUBI subscription. He’s also an unrepentant F-boy. Dating, lovebombing, and dashing–time and time again. Sofia (Jessica Henwick), is onto his game. Not only in the dating world–mythologically speaking. She has him pegged as a satyr–the male equivalent of a siren. And if you think you have a handle on where this movie, with all trappings of a romcom, is going, I would bet good money you’re wrong.

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me is an unpredictable genre hybrid from first-time feature director Johnathan Schey that will keep you guessing until the closing minutes. Its core premise is shrouded in mystery for most of the runtime, but the ride is so much fun it hardly matters. Egerton is hilarious as Adam, expertly treading a tightrope in every scene: charm on one side and fiendishness on the other. It’s a movie that fully trusts the audience to sit in the discomfort of its ambiguity, and succeeds in its many provocations–gradually flipping the script on Egerton, then unravelling into something else entirely, which I wouldn’t dare spoil.

The package as a whole raises more than a few questions by its end, but thanks to Schey’s deft hand as director, a slick edit, and a formidable ensemble, Everybody Wants to F*ck Me is absolutely worth strapping in for at this year’s fest. See it before they change that glorious title when it arrives in theatres in 2027!

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me screens at TIFF ’26:

Sat. Sept 12 at 9:20 PM at Scotiabank Theatre

Sat. Sept 19 at 8:30 PM at Royal Alexandra Theatre

,

,