Directed by:
Luca GuadagninoScreenplay:
James IvoryCinematography:
Sayombhu MukdeepromCast:
Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois, Peter Spears, Vanda CaprioloVOD (4)
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Elio Perlman (Timothee Chalamet) is a young man who lives with his parents in their villa in Italy. When Oliver (Armie Hammer), a graduate student comes to stay with Elio's father (Michael Stuhlbarg), a professor, he captivates the attention of Elio, and soon the two attract each other. They spend a summer together cycling in the sunshine, playing music and attending to their sophisticated mutual interests, and Elio considers his sexuality while devoting himself to winning Oliver's affections. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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Timothée Chalamet and his portrayal of a teenage boy unsure of his orientation who falls in love with an older intern is fine, but that's about it. The performance is respectable, but the rest isn't worth much. The locations are uninteresting, the plot is practically non-existent and the 130 minutes are just too much. A huge borefest...
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To be honest, this film is nothing special. A summer Italian drama from the eighties, whose benefit is certainly the music, which makes this movie quite interesting. However, the acting is nothing unique. The premise of The Brokeback Mountain is set in the Italian countryside and highlighted by culture, historic buildings, beaches and first loves. Everything is good, I would just simply leave out the main plot.
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If awards were given solely for building an atmosphere that supplements the narration of a story, Guadanino would need to build a two-story shed in his garden to house them. Call Me By Your Name is an incredibly focused film that you have to watch with attention to find meaning in the details and the snippets of a story unbound by logical conflicts and twists. There were moments when it felt tedious and aloof, and the message didn’t hit me right in the heart, but this is a big movie, no doubt, with brilliant performances and a narration with a feeling for credible emotions about the complexity of deep human relationships. Moonlight may have won the Oscar, but compared to this formally precise probe into male intimacy, it feels like a very shallow and empty wannabe arthouse flick (which it basically is). 85%
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Citizen Kane for the gay community. A film that speaks openly yet elegantly and gently about everything Moonlight was afraid to say and masked with the glitter of artsy shimmering moonlight. Call Me by Your Name is a masterpiece with a number of scenes that are uncomfortable for a heterosexual male viewer, but also with the highest narrative art for a discerning and receptive film fan. The detailed and absolutely accurate depiction of the deepening of forbidden passion, the director’s work with the actors and their phenomenal performances, the original use of music, the capturing of the atmosphere and mood of the time and place, deepening the main motif with the theme of art and its appreciation, and especially the fathers’ final monologue and the end credits – all of those things make it this one of the most powerful films about one person’s first, absolutely devoted love and passion for another. The whole time, especially from the first open dialogue on the square, I felt like I was watching some classic 1970s film by one of the European filmmaking masters like Tornatore, a film about romantic relationships that is considered the best in its genre, taught at film schools and that no one tries to imitate, let alone outdo.
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A gentle story of one summer that hides a surprisingly strong added value thanks to its free atmosphere. Though at first it seemed a bit too artsy for a love story, from the moment an elusive feeling starts to emerge between the piano notes, Luca Guadagnino was effortlessly leading me on a hook. And however much some viewers may argue that two hours is too long for a story unfolding this casually, I would gladly welcome another two. I was so tense, afraid this delicate bond would break.
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