Brilliant but cabined

Rating: 8/10 (12 February 2018)

The first problem is Armie Hammer. Although he has really good body and sexy voice, he didn't know how to make the best of them. It is awkward to watch he smiling during serious dialog. His underperformance lessend the chemistry between the two protagonists. In contrast, Timothée Chalamet, the cast of Elio, is stunning. He brought the character alive and perfectly interacted with other casts.
There are also problems with the scripts. Several important plots were crossed off in this film, such as, the most crucial and conspicuous one, the peach eating scene. Even if I didn't read the novel, I would consider this plot indispensable, for it signifies the sublimation of the relation between Elio and Oliver. Without this scene, it is like that the film failed to reach the vertex while it was supposed to.
Nevertheless, the file itself is still brilliant and touching by successfully protraying the beautiful Italian countryside and the minutia of the life of a 17 boy falling in love the first time in his life.