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Close to You

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Close to You

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Released Aug 16, 2024

1h 40m

Drama

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Academy Award Nominee Elliot Page (Juno, The Umbrella Academy, Inception) stars as a trans man who returns to his hometown for the first time in years. On his journey, he confronts his relationship with his family, reunites with a first love, and discovers a newfound confidence in himself. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.

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Critics Consensus

A passion project for Elliot Page that benefits from his naturalism, Close to You's improvisational scripting yields dramatically uneven but ultimately moving results.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

There is an erratic quality to how much of it connects and flows.

Sep 16, 2024

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Helen O'Hara

Time Out

Director and star conceived the story and then the cast largely improvised the dialogue that drives it along. Sometimes that results in meandering or overblown moments, but the general thrust is powerful enough to carry it along.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 11, 2024

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Ella Kemp

Empire Magazine

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.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 5, 2024

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Rick Burin

iNews.co.uk

While Close to You is transparently imperfect, it is a sincere joy to have its gifted lead back on the big screen.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 16, 2025

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

An introspective grey film that can’t get its pace up beyond a laboured stroll, Page might give a perfectly authentic performance, but his self-written script gives him very little to actually do.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 1, 2024

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John Paul King

Washington Blade

It takes the audience in close, to provide a tangible feeling of intimacy and connect us to the emotional perspective of everyone involved.

Nov 18, 2024

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Yolanda

Most underrated movie of the year! Truely excellent.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Kyle M

Compelling showcase for Elliot Page that feels triumphant over his natural, personally experienced edge to solidify the improvised commentary, which the atmosphere feels ideally awkward and yielded till the erupted drama implies unseen possibility left unsatisfyingly unresolved. That may be intended, if so then the rest of the culminated energy is considerably uneven, but that could be conflicting when viewing this inexperienced or uninvolved enough to properly grasp. Simply put, Page’s may have independently found emotional bliss in his passion project, it’s the story that’s incomplete amidst misled direction. (B-)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/25

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Carolyn S

I’m so glad I was patient with this film. In the end, I found it poignant and several performances, especially Page, Baack, and Crewson, were deep and layered. This isn’t a perfect film. The beginning was the most challenging for me, not so much because of slow pacing, but because the film felt unsure of itself and a bit awkward. Like it was a documentary. By the end, I was in tears and so appreciative of the journey.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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Paul B

Totally Boring. About a subject I could care less about.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/02/24

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Jamie A

This film is unusual in style and pace, which might initially be off-putting to some viewers. However, it's naturalistic approach makes it profoundly relatable, especially for those of us who have experienced things not-so-different than Page's character. For those who can resonate with those experiences, this film will be an affirming of the struggles and the hope. For those who cannot, it is an opportunity to empathize and understand in a new and beautiful way.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/02/24

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Julian S

At its heart, CLOSE TO YOU tells a story that resonates with many—reckoning with past struggles—but more importantly, the film carries significant weight for both LGBTQIA+ rights and Page himself, with his deep involvement and clear influence in shaping the narrative impossible to ignore.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Synopsis

Academy Award Nominee Elliot Page (Juno, The Umbrella Academy, Inception) stars as a trans man who returns to his hometown for the first time in years. On his journey, he confronts his relationship with his family, reunites with a first love, and discovers a newfound confidence in himself. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.

Director: Dominic Savage
Producer: Daniel Bekerman, Krishnendu Majumdar, Elliot Page, Dominic Savage, Richard Yee, Chris Yurkovich
Screenwriter: Dominic Savage
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Kindred Spirit, Me & You Entertainment, Good Question Media
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2024
Runtime: 1h 40m

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