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Aug 30, 2024
85
Close To You is ultra-real, ultra-important, ultra-fascinating, and ultra-recommended.
Aug 16, 2024
75
It’s raw and often powerful—less of a carefully shaped drama than the equivalent of a series of boxes filled with explosive material being slung about.
Aug 1, 2024
70
Page’s performance isn’t moving merely for whatever parallels it might hold to his life: Rather, it’s a reminder of what a deft and perceptive actor he can be, capable of both naked emotional candor and acidic wit — both assets to a script that sometimes errs on the side of caution.
Aug 29, 2024
70
Page’s closeness to the material grafts a fascinating biographical dimension to this intimate drama. The story may lack conflict and clout. But it’s great to see Page back on the big screen.
Aug 1, 2024
67
Close to You is rife with real emotion, but the gap between vulnerability and meaning keeps everyone at arm’s length.
Aug 1, 2024
60
While we understand Sam’s back story and present situation, we too rarely get a sense of who he is when not struggling against misunderstanding and harsh weather.
Aug 16, 2024
60
The mostly improvised drama about a trans man reuniting with his family can feel clumsy and contrived, but it soars on waves of raw feeling thanks to the deeply felt, deeply moving performance of Elliot Page in a role he wears like a second skin.
Aug 22, 2024
60
Savage directs with a light hand, and sometimes you wish for a little more shape to the baggier scenes.
Sep 4, 2024
60
Page shines bright in an otherwise formulaic story, but this is still a thoughtful, sensitive portrait of a young man coming to terms with his sense of self and the love he deserves.
Aug 1, 2024
50
The film yearns to capture the stages of this emotional exhumation, but a clunky screenplay makes for a less affecting watch.