Review of Call Me by Your Name (2017) by Netflic — 27 Dec 2017
This movie broke two records for me this year.
First record: it has more nominations than any other I am aware of.
Second record: I do not recall a movie that I would be so bored watching. Placed into a beautiful Italian scenery, this filmThis movie broke two records for me this year.
First record: it has more nominations than any other I am aware of.
Second record: I do not recall a movie that I would be so bored watching.
Placed into a beautiful Italian scenery, this film is a love story between a 17-year-old young man Elio who is still trying to find himself sexually and otherwise and an older young man Oliver who is a graduate student of Elio's father and comes to visit them in Italy.
The end of the movie was powerful but by that time I was waiting for it to end already.
Music sounded intrusive and somehow did not fit with either the mood of a situation or scenery.
Not without great moments, the film is just way too slow and too long. Performance-wise, Timothee' Chalamet who plays Elio did a good job for the most part.
Overall, the movie left me cold, I did not feel any empathy. There are many "gay love" movies that I liked much more, so the subject is not an issue for me but it is not an advantage either (like for sooo many critics).
How else can I describe it? Too sweet yet it's not sugar but artificial sweetener.
This review of Call Me by Your Name (2017) was written by Netflic on 27 Dec 2017.
Call Me by Your Name has generally received very positive reviews.
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