“Call Me By Your Name” (**1/2 out of four) was a reverent but remote drama set in Northern Italy in 1983 in which a 17-year old (Timothee Chalamet) discovers love and homosexuality for the first time as he falls in love with his father’s visiting research assistant (Armie Hammer) and the two begin a passionate but forbidden affair. Film is well-acted and has beautiful location cinematography in Italy but it’s hard to connect with these characters or their plight on an emotional level; while film is certainly interesting in parts, nothing in the film resonates. Yet another film which has received rave reviews and award nominations but stops short of hitting the mark. Good script by James Ivory adapted from Andre Aciman’s novel.

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