katish7

The only other films I saw from him before were I Am Love and Bigger Splash, and both those films are far superior to this one. Perhaps because they were shot in Europe, and he's very much a European director in his style, perhaps America tames him too much. Or perhaps he was younger and just lost the form now, not sure.

Beginning of the film seems promising, there seemed to be some palpable chemistry between three leads, but then it starts to disappear. Mike Faist seems to be acting well, I've noticed him before, and he conveys his obsession with Zendya's character well. Her affairs though don't come off as steamy as they were perhaps intended. It seems the writing is at fault, she's too one note.

Also trailer and buzz and promo were very misleading, it seemed it was a story about something less explored like a polyamorous triangle, but it turned out to be a very dry and one note "love competition" between two guys for one girl. Even this type of story could be fresher, than this kind of stale take on it. Closer to the end you get a strong feeling that something is missing... Was checking time till the end of the movie a lot, and wanted to stop watching a few times but somehow finished it lol. Film really falls apart on its way to the end. Far from the best from Luca Guadagino and now makes me want to watch his other latest American films, that came before this one, even less.