Brilliant movie, underrated Armie Hammer

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2018)

While CMBYN is clearly a brilliant and touching movie, I don't think there's anything I could say about the movie itself that has not been said already.
What I can add to all that is that Armie Hammer gives a great performance in it that was in my opinion underrated by both fans and critics. Maybe because Chalamet is so good it this too and he's a newcomer, I don't know.
Oliver is such a complex character, so ambivalent (I've not read the book though). He is both in love with Elio, but at the same time he sees himself as a mentor to him. He cares about Elio but at the same time he keeps his distance (even after they were together), and he feels like he's doing something wrong. He understands Elio's feelings but he is somehow past the age where he was able to feel such strong feelings himself, he's mature, he's over that already. Armie portrays all of that so effortlessly. His facial expressions say so much, in the right moments. He has just the right amount of confidence and handsomeness to be Oliver...