Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- sensual
- surreal
- arthouse film night
- literary adaptation night
What critics said
Critics generally regard the film as a visually sumptuous and phantasmagorical literary adaptation elevated by Daniel Craig's vital performance, while finding it meandering and sometimes lacking in substance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Surreal sequences and telepathic imagery externalize William Lee's drug use, longing, and unstable inner life.
Lee pursues Eugene intensely while struggling to determine whether the younger man's interest is genuine or instrumental.
The American immigrant protagonist lives within a small Mexico City expatriate community marked by drinking, drugs, and social dislocation.
Guadagnino combines erotic encounters, drug injection, and hallucinatory episodes into a sensuous but disquieting atmosphere.
Films like Queer, and why
The Talented Mr. Ripley
sensual queer romance, psychological instability, and heightened visual stylization
The English Patient
adult queer desire, alienation, and melancholic art-house atmosphere
Naked Lunch
surreal eroticism, addiction, and literary counterculture
Call Me by Your Name
intimate queer longing, period setting, and emotionally restrained romance
Movie Details
- Director
- Luca Guadagnino
- Release Date
- 2024-11-27
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (575)
Cast
- Daniel Craig
- Drew Starkey
- Jason Schwartzman
- Lesley Manville
- Henrique Zaga
- Drew Droege
- Andra Ursuta
- Lisandro Alonso
- Ariel Schulman
- David Lowery
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Queer about?
- A lonely American expatriate's pursuit of an enigmatic young student becomes a hallucinatory journey through queer desire, addiction, and emotional dependency.
- What is Queer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Queer as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Queer violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Queer as mild.
- What did critics think of Queer?
- Critics generally regard the film as a visually sumptuous and phantasmagorical literary adaptation elevated by Daniel Craig's vital performance, while finding it meandering and sometimes lacking in substance.
- Which films are like Queer?
- Films with a similar feel include The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient, Naked Lunch, and Call Me by Your Name.
- How long is Queer?
- Queer runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch Queer?
- In United States, Queer streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel.
