Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Touches You

Nice effects though.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

While the camera work and script were fine I had difficulty believing Oliver could find waif-like Elio physically attractive. Of course, many gay men find such slight bodies attractive. The ancient statute brought up from the sea had a better body than Elio. I admit Elio had a somewhat intellectual gravitas about him. Maybe that is what attracted the older Oliver. I wonder how this all would play out 30 years later - these days in 2018.

A beautiful film & score that will stay with you long after it has ended. It had a deep effect on me.

This movie will be loved by gay men and fans of patriarchal intellectualism, the lead character is arrogant, narcissistic and shallow to the core, as indeed are many of the other male characters, the love of the male seems to be the main thrust of the film, while female characters are dismissed generally as pathetic male worshipping puppies, in one scene the men are talking about the opportunity for Timothee Chalamets character to have sex with a your female, and of course he could have her whenever he wanted, though when an enquiry from the mother about the discussion she overhears but who is not present at the table but engaged in gardening, and not involved in the conversation, she is summarily dismissed by the male party when they change the subject, as if a mother in such a free spirited community would be somehow be shocked by the thought of her son engaging in a sexual relationship, as a man I found this whole scene quite demeaning to women, as was the general attitude to female roles in the movie, without one single strong female character throughout. I found the whole film shallow and its presentation of male intellectualism and demigod worshipping by even shallower female characters unbelievably sexist and demeaning, I'm amazed that this is presented as a love story, the lead character, rather than a bohemian, intellectual, romantic, is just a self absorbed, narcissistic waster in love with his own self importance, there's nothing to love about him at all. I cannot find anything to recommend this completely wasted opportunity. its shallow and sexist and, like its lead character, in love with its own self importance, with a subliminal message to women that you are only there to worship the men and do the chores, woeful.

Great atmosphere and fantastically well shot this film is visually beautiful. The story of a blossoming summer romance is neatly told over the rather long run time but on the whole it's fairly interesting. Downsides however have a lot to do with the performances with Chalamet at times channelling Labeouf and Hammers character being uninteresting, there's also a pacing issue with large sections being void of interest. On the whole an enjoyable watch