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Metascore
53 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanCall Me By Your Name is a masterful work because of the specificity of its details.
- 100The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe chemistry between the men is palpable, but what's more important, they convey their characters' complex emotions, expectations and thoughts without necessarily opening their mouths.
- 100IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe final beats of Guadagnino’s adaptation galvanize two hours of simmering uncertainty into a gut-wrenchingly wistful portrait of two people trying to find themselves before it’s too late.
- 100The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodOutside of a few short moments in Ismail Merchant and James Ivory’s “Maurice,” and Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” the love and intimacy between two male characters has never truly felt this real or emotionally heartbreaking in a theatrical context. It’s almost revolutionary. It’s cinematic art.
- 100VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeEven as he beguiles us with mystery, Guadagnino recreates Elio’s life-changing summer with such intensity that we might as well be experiencing it first-hand. It’s a rare gift that earns him a place in the pantheon alongside such masters of sensuality as Pedro Amodóvar and François Ozon, while putting “Call Me by Your Name” on par with the best of their work.
- 100ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerIt’s a transcendent love story, and a work of overwhelming empathy.
- 100Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfCall Me by Your Name has a choking emotional intensity that will be apparent to anyone who’s ever dared to reach out to another.
- 91The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupIt’s a film of overwhelming empathy and playfulness as loneliness turns into gratification and desires are slowly manifested into reality.
- 90Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganIt’s a beautiful, supremely touching performance from Chalamet which gives this surprisingly safe story its moving purity.
- 90ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyGuadagnino does a remarkable job of capturing the tension and anxiety that comes with not only first love, but first-time queer romances.