A half successful attempt at elevating trashy melodrama. It’s filled with great performances, terrific direction, amazing visuals and off kilter sound choices (which sometimes get overdramatic); any memorable moment can be attributed to those aspects. Loved any scene involving food or sex, which seems to be a speciality of Guadagnino. The narrative, however, isn’t all that strong. The corporate takeover subplot is pretty much devoid of any tension, whereas the main cheating/midlife crisis plotline also left me a bit cold (no real attempt to bring any substance to that, it’s not trying to be American Beauty). There’s an interesting turn at the end of act 2, but ultimately everything resolves in a fairly predictable way. It’s alright, nothing great. I’d probably hate it with a lesser director.
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A half successful attempt at elevating trashy melodrama. It’s filled with great performances, terrific direction, amazing visuals and off kilter sound choices (which sometimes get overdramatic); any memorable moment can be attributed to those aspects. Loved any scene involving food or sex, which seems to be a speciality of Guadagnino. The narrative, however, isn’t all that strong. The corporate takeover subplot is pretty much devoid of any tension, whereas the main cheating/midlife crisis plotline also left me a bit cold (no real attempt to bring any substance to that, it’s not trying to be American Beauty). There’s an interesting turn at the end of act 2, but ultimately everything resolves in a fairly predictable way. It’s alright, nothing great. I’d probably hate it with a lesser director.
5.5/10