Call Me by Your Name

R

Released Jan 19, 2018

2 hr. 12 min.

Romance

Drama

LGBTQ+

List

94%

368 Reviews

Tomatometer

86%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

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Critics Consensus

Call Me by Your Name offers a melancholy, powerfully affecting portrait of first love, empathetically acted by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.

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Levi I

wonderful story telling

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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Johannes S

Beautiful acting and cinematography in this movie. The ending scene is iconic and will always stay in my mind, although some scenes made me feel a bit uncomfortable.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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Kaspar

Beautifully Crafted Storytelling: Both the novel, written by André Aciman, and the film adaptation, directed by Luca Guadagnino, provide a gripping tale that carefully explores themes of love, desire, and personal discovery. Emotional Depth: The plot goes deeply into the emotions of its protagonists, notably Elio and Oliver, letting viewers empathize with their experiences and challenges. Sensuous Atmosphere: The Italian rural backdrop, combined with beautiful cinematography and an evocative musical accompaniment, produces a rich and sensual atmosphere that transports spectators into the characters' world. Authentic Characters: Elio and Oliver are presented as multidimensional, multifaceted persons with their insecurities, desires, and foibles, making them sympathetic. Overall, "Call Me by Your Name" is recognized as a masterpiece of contemporary storytelling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Jeff W

A refreshing change from most main stream movies about homosexuality. The real emotions, cinematic quality make this film an instant classic. It avoids most overused cliches and timothee chalamet brings this film to life. I laughed, I cried, it really did become a part of me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Kevin W

Great acting and romance

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/24

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aaaaaaaa w

never going to eat peaches again for the rest of my life, thanks.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/25/24

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Luca Guadagnino

Director

Armie Hammer

Oliver

Timothée Chalamet

Elio Perlman

Michael Stuhlbarg

Mr. Perlman

Amira Casar

Annella Perlman

Esther Garrel

Marzia

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

A modern-day Visconti, Italian director Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love) grants us entry into a world not only of wealth but of culture, which can be just as liberating.

Mar 25, 2020

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Robert Daniels

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Call Me By Your Name survives because of poignant screenwriting, keen directing, and tender acting.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 27, 2018

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

The characters' beauty and intellectual perfection is so consummate that I couldn't entirely believe that these people actually had genitals-that they could ever sweat or incur sunburn.

Mar 8, 2018

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Benedict Seal

Vague Visages

Call Me by Your Name skips through time like a dream, or a calcified, powerful memory. Guadagnino succeeds remarkably in working the themes into the craft and, like love that ends too soon, so does the film.

Dec 5, 2023

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Mira Fox

The Forward

Luca Guadagnino’s lush Italian masterpiece, “Call Me by Your Name,” is full of romantic subtleties: long lingering looks, brief touches, meaning-laden passages read aloud. But nothing is ever fully overt...

Rated: A+

Aug 2, 2023

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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

From the 1980s idyllic Italian countryside to the slow-burn romance, Luca Guadagnino directs a mesmerizingly dreamy summer experience.

Apr 20, 2023

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Synopsis

It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Director: Luca Guadagnino
Executive Producer: James Ivory, Howard Rosenman, Tom Dolby, Naima Abed, Nicholas Kaiser, Lourenço Sant' Anna, Sophie Mas, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Derek Simonds, Margarethe Baillou
Screenwriter: James Ivory, Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: RT Features, La Cinéfacture, Frenesy Film
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Some Language)
Genre: Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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