HATED THIS FILM

Rating: 1/10 (23 October 2019)

So contrived from outset WHY did they SHARE A BATHROOM in that sprawling mansion... it was as if papa said to mama " ok Elio gets laid this summer, put them in same room, this guy Oliver is tall and very handsome i reckon he.is.our.man!! Did you see his pic?"
Oliver comes across as having *zero integrity* in this, from when he first puts hands on the boy, yes the boy, in a very aggressive controlling belittling way...he teases him knowing he s totally ravenous for him it's just a heartbreaking thing, literally, and actually stuffs up Elio s life.(in the book Elio is apparently a total nutter which might MIGHT have put a different spin on things but he isn't a nutter in the film...so) And so we re all supposed to sigh over it as this beautiful touching love story ? Nuh no thanks not a romance in my book, a predator who knew exactly what he was doing and the lame brained parents....the languid libertines lol don't get me started on them wanted to slap the pair of them. But the main thing that let it down for me was it did nothing to convince me of Oliver s sincerity of feeling for Elio. Yeah ill shag the kid put him out of his misery, do him a favour, wasnt a good vibe and it's the vibe i got. AH was miscast ...too big, too old, too beautiful, too arrogant, that scene on river bank this kid had JUST declared himself at the monument, and Oliver is all no we can't talk about those things then he s tracing his fingers into the kids mouth pro voking him then gets all precious when his crotch gets grabbed. Then ghosts Elio until he is limp for it, then its " grow up see you at midnight " HORRIBLE . A younger more innocent lover yes, but not this big self assured adult man, no, felt all so so wrong...I couldn't warm to anything else after the first three quarters it was a total embarrassment of manipulative cliche. ....later.