Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Amidst some beautiful Italian rusticity, we are introdcued to the "Perlman" family. It's the father (Michael Stuhlbarg) who has employed American "Oliver" (Armie Hammer) to help out with some research, and that involves living-in with his family of wife "Annella" (Amira Casar) and teenage son "Elio" (Timothée Chalamet) at their villa. Initially, they just call him "later" as that's his most often used expression as he takes his leave, but gradually they take to this man who appears to have depths that bely his slightly friendly but diffident attitude.…

I know this movie is incredibly popular, so I went into it hoping for a really good, queer movie, but I feel like I didn't get that. Right into the movie I notice that the main character (Elio) is only 17 while the guest (Oliver) is an adult. So when watching this movie, the whole time I focused more on the pedophilic undertones than the queer themes. Also, multiple times in the movie, women are used as a placeholder or "test" for Elio. This is a common trope that needs to stop happening, there is no reason to use women as tools for gay…

I thought this was an all right movie, but I didn't care for it that much. I know it's hugely popular, but for me the story wasn't all that moving and Hammer's casting was just one I thought was off, but for me it wasn't a favorite. Granted I've seen worse, but I've seen a lot better too.