A half successful attempt at elevating trashy melodrama. It’s filled with great performances, terrific direction, amazing visuals and off kilter sound choices (which sometimes get overdramatic); any memorable moment can be attributed to those aspects. Loved any scene involving food or sex, which seems to be a speciality of Guadagnino. The narrative, however, isn’t all that strong. The corporate takeover subplot is pretty much devoid of any tension, whereas the main cheating/midlife crisis plotline also left me a bit cold (no real attempt to bring any substance to that, it’s not trying to be _American Beauty_). There’s an interesting turn at the end of act 2, but ultimately everything resolves in a fairly predictable way. It’s alright, nothing great. I’d probably hate it with a lesser director.

5.5/10