I first heard about this movie in the summer of 2020. I was up in my room scrolling through tiktok and someone made an edit of Timothee dancing in the one club scene and it went VIRAL. I honestly think that edit is what jumpstarted his popularity amoung a bunch of teen girls. Anyways I looked at the comments and saw that it was from this movie. I never really watched it bc I knew it was never free anywhere so I never bought it. All I knew was that it was a love story that took place in italy (and that I loved how beautiful the movie looked). Fast forward to summer 2021. Im on hilton head island for 2 weeks with my friend Julia. We just spent sun up to sun down at the beach and rode our bikes home absoluty exausted. We had dinner and then went into the apartment. Julia suggested we watch a movie and I (remembering the boy we talked to at the beach earlier that kinda looked like timothee) suggested a movie with him in it. Thats when she asked if I had ever seen CMBYN. I had not. So we log onto her amazon account buy it and watch it. I fall asleep and never finish it. The next day we do the same rotine and I fall asleep AGAIN. Fast forward to January 2022. I want it to be summer so bad and The only thing on my mind is GRADUATION. I hate winter and I needed something to make me feel like its summer again. I factime Julia and shes with her Boyfriend who suggested I watch Call me by your name. I told him that I dont feel like buying it and he sends me a text with his youtube email and password. He says that he bought it just the other day and that I should watch it and read the book. So I log into his Youtube account and watch it. Sorry thats a long backstory for this movie but I just find it funny that I never actually got to watch it because I kept falling asleep. Whatever that whole story has nothing to do with the review. Starting off I love the opening credits of this movie. I think the font they use is rlly cute and really makes sence. I actually really love this movie, its gorgeous, the acting is good, its sad. BUT the age gap kills it. The big old age gap ruins the movie. Timothee looks like a child and Armie is way to old for him. Real bummer the age gap had to be that way bc other than that it would be a great movie. I really like the acting of the slow burn tension between them. The whole movie is very gental if that makes sence. Its soft and flowy and they even describe it when they are talking about the statues and how they are soft not rigid. The whole movie feels like one long tribute to summer romances. Anyways acting was amazing and very emotional. It feels very raw and real. The music is soft and almost like a memory. Its beautiful and probibly one of my favorite sound tracks right up there with LaLa Land and Interstellar. The Cinematography is gental just like the rest of the movie. No harsh or quick cuts. Its simple and still. Its simplicity tells the story in a way I dont think ive seen in a movie before. I actually really like the way the story is told its just such a calming movie that makes you wish it was summer. I give this move a 9/10 and it would have a 10/10 if the age gap wasnt werid and if oliver didnt give me the creepies at times. Yeah other than that I did really like it and would reccomend to anyone who wants a little feeling of summer.
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