INSANELY PERFECT

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2018)

There is so much humanity in this movie that it is almost unbearable. This movie is perfection: from the atmosphere in northern Italy in the early 1980's, the music, the landscapes, the dialogues, the feelings BUT especially the character of Elio. Thimotee Chalamet is BEYOND PERFECT. He is like an open book. All his feelings are expressed so PERFECTLY on his face: the pain, the love, the confusion. This is a masterpiece. This movie is very personal to me and certain scenes just make me explode in tears. He is spot on!!!! I remember and I can feel the pain from 30 years ago and this young actor is simply magnificent. Armie Hammer is also terrific and the father is just an amazing character. The dialogue with his son towards the end is so true, so exact, so human.... even if fairly unlikely coming from a father.... I discovered this movie well over one year after it came out. I am not a movie fanatic and I must say that except for 20 or 30 movies I tend to forget everything about them because it is seldom memorable. "Call me by your name" is the real deal! I have never felt the need to post a movie review before. My all time favorite movie was until now from 1996. It took 21 years to best it.... This one will be hard to beat! Thank you so much Luca Guadagnino and thank you Timothee Chalamet. I will watch this movie many times for years to come.