Queer
Guadagnino adapts Burroughs. Daniel Craig is very lonely in Mexico City.
Reviewed by The Jibbi Editors
A brave, uneven swing. The first hour is better than the third act.
- 2024
- 138 min
- 76% on Rotten Tomatoes
- 6.3 on IMDb
- #drama
- #new
Our take
An American expat in 1950s Mexico City becomes fixated on a younger man who is ambiguously available, and the film follows that obsession into the jungle and then somewhere much stranger. Daniel Craig is excellent and completely unguarded, playing need rather than seduction.
The Burroughs source material is fragmentary and Guadagnino does not solve that; the ayahuasca sequence divides rooms and the ending is more of a dissolve than a conclusion. Worth it for the performance and for how rarely a film this well-funded is willing to sit with unreciprocated queer desire.
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Ours
- Jibbi Score — 3.5 out of 5 rainbows. A brave, uneven swing. The first hour is better than the third act.
Everyone else’s
- Rotten Tomatoes — 76%, via OMDb.
- IMDb — 6.3 out of 10 from 31,348 votes, via OMDb.
- Metacritic — 72 out of 100, via OMDb.
- TMDB — 6.5 out of 10 from 592 votes, refreshed daily.
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The plot, officially
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
Synopsis and poster via TMDB.