“Is it better to speak or to die?” That’s the core question of “Call Me By Your Name,” which surfaces in a scene where a character reads the words of Marguerite of Navarre in “The Heptaméron,” but it’s an idea at the heart of all queer narratives. It’s been especially present in queer cinema, where muteness and survival are often the most bittersweet bedfellows. But “Call Me By Your Name” not only quotes Marguerite’s words, it suffuses them into every fiber of its being. It’s a great film because of how lucidly it poses her question, and an essential one because of how courageously it answers it.

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Everyone clapped, twice.

A cinematic tour de force. An impassioned, moving, heart-racing, heart-breaking film that reminded me how good it can feel to be alive. Watching this made me fall back in love with movies and with life.

"we wasted so many days"

i wanted to write a proper serious review, but i'm struggling to find the words. never has first love been depicted in such a devastatingly honest and beautiful way. i left the cinema feeling simply overwhelmed. overwhelmed by the beautiful love story i had just witnessed. i was dazzled by every touch, glance and word exchanged in every frame. what they had was fleeting, but intense, passionate and full of love. 

it's gonna be a few long hard months before i get to see this again but i am so glad i wasted all my money on a plane ticket to berlin so i could see this masterpiece. i really don't regret the stupidest impulse decision i've ever made. thanks luca.

IM GONNA FAIL MY ANATOMY QUIZ TOMORROW BUT THATS OKAY BECAUSE YOU CAN CALL ME BY YOUR NAME AND ILL CALL YOU BY MJNE

when will i be riding a bike somewhere in northern italy

my baby girl armie hammer ain't straight

i didnt watch it but i just finished the book and i just want to say that i am so ready for this film to destroy me

I SNUCK OUT TO SEE THIS AND MY PARENTS FOUND OUT AND GOT SO MAD BUT IT WAS WORTH IT BECAUSE THIS WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

GIVE US ANOTHER TRAILER!!!!!!!! I'M SO STARVED!!!!!!!! GIVE THE GAYS WHAT THEY WANT!!!!!

MY WIG AND I REALLY CANT WAIT FOR THIS FILM I WATCH THE TRAILER 4 TIMES A DAY TO MAINTAIN MY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

Beautiful, elegant, understated storytelling.
Wonderful characterisations, and superb acting.
Destined to become a classic.

Less keen on this than most, mainly cuz it sorta erases his bisexuality (a decision antithetical to its headlong timeless embrace of love), and further because it ignores cultural contexts with the arrogance of a damn hetero. The movie's still absolutely GORGEOUS tho, and it's hot as hell and endearing and cute and made me feel hugged. Armie hammer and the kid are truly incredible actors and Luca matches the salacious classicism note perfectly. Still, what most people are reading as a transcendence towards gay identity I see more as a disregard for the emotional applied history of queer cinema, conflating inaccurately with art history. I'm all for the melting pot of eroticism and intellectualism akin to a form of artistic multilingualism, but the extended layer of queer romantic cinema as the be-all end-all is both limiting and misguided. Good movie, but also kinda what it must be like for queer women to watch lesbian porn.