Call Me by Your Name

This is a romantic film about two young men falling in love, one of who is a little younger. At first glance, it’s nothing revolutionary, but at second glance it’s a beautiful film about love, nature, people, and a time period. Everything here is captured so accurately, naturally, and sensitively that the entire time I was watching how simply beautiful a film can be. (01/28/2018)

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. (01/22/2018)

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. (04/06/2018)

The performances of Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet have received all the honours, but the hero, and the main reason why Call Me by Your Name is one of the best films of the year, is the director, Luca Guadagnino. It’s amazing how he managed to capture the atmosphere of the place and the time where a story like this can happen. Summer in Lombardy, where everything is soaked in rich history, antiquity and the renaissance, the love for knowledge, the fascination for art, philosophy and beauty as such – of body and mind. That’s why the monologue of the father at the end makes sense and why it could be so non-conflicting. (12/25/2017)

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. (01/26/2018)