Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- gritty
- reflective evening
- arthouse movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a well-crafted, gritty queer drama whose two-thread structure and performances are compelling despite an incomplete-feeling link between its timelines.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jonas's teenage life in 1995 is continually intercut with his thirty-something present eighteen years later.
Teenage Jonas is secretive and largely conformist while navigating male attraction and homophobia.
The incident linking Jonas's adolescence to his adult instability is only clarified late in the story.
The plot connects homophobia and loss in youth with the adult Jonas's impulsive search for balance.
Films like I Am Jonas, and why
The Way He Looks
shared lgbtq+ coming-of-age drama, repressed desire, and melancholic emotional intensity
Weekend
shared queer identity themes, memory-driven structure, and intimate romantic drama
Beautiful Thing
shared gay coming-of-age story, homophobia, and painful first love
Free Fall
shared interwoven timelines, queer trauma, and emotionally searching character study
Movie Details
- Director
- Christophe Charrier
- Release Date
- 2018-09-13
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (279)
Cast
- Félix Maritaud
- Nicolas Bauwens
- Tommy Lee Baïk
- Aure Atika
- Ilian Bergala
- Marie Denarnaud
- Pierre Cartonnet
- Nicolas Sartous
- David Baïot
- Julien Naccache
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Dekkoo, Dekkoo Amazon Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Am Jonas about?
- A fractured queer coming-of-age drama follows Jonas between a secretive adolescence and an unsettled adulthood shaped by loss.
- What is I Am Jonas like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Am Jonas as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I Am Jonas violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I Am Jonas as mild.
- What did critics think of I Am Jonas?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a well-crafted, gritty queer drama whose two-thread structure and performances are compelling despite an incomplete-feeling link between its timelines.
- Which films are like I Am Jonas?
- Films with a similar feel include The Way He Looks, Weekend, Beautiful Thing, and Free Fall.
- How long is I Am Jonas?
- I Am Jonas runs 82 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Am Jonas?
- In United States, I Am Jonas streams on Dekkoo, Dekkoo Amazon Channel.
