A beautiful instagram post from Italy...and nothing more.

Rating: 2/10 (25 March 2018)

Two beautiful men, beautifully shot, in a beautiful country....what could go wrong?
The problem is that the connection between the two men is purely based in sexual attraction, which makes for an inherently boring story (actually it's a non story). Sure it could also be that they are both Jewish but let's not be naive here. If either character were old, fat, and bald, I highly doubt being Jewish would be the reason they "fall in love" with each other.
You know how when you open up Instagram and see a beautiful picture of a beautiful person in a beautiful country? Imagine having to stare at that picture for more than two hours. How long does it take for it the tedium to set in? That's what this movie is. Amie Hammer's character has all the depth of a J. Crew model. His "thing" is to brush his hair back with his fingers. It is simply not believable that he is a pHD candidate in archeology.
Elio's character is a bit better. But in the end, it's a movie that tries to dress itself in depth when it's content is the antithesis of deep. All the pretentious dialogue, the foreign languages, the academic posturing, cannot change the fact that two people wanting to have sex with one another is interesting for about a hot minute. Which is way less time than is needed for an entire movie!