I Am Love

Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: June 18, 2010

7.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 113 Ratings

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raco2046Oct 4, 2010

All expectations dissolve as you watch I am love. The magnificent production design and set decoration pale to the miscast of Ms. Swinton's lover. She is obviously the anchor and rhythm of the film, yet not even her regal portrail, exquisiteAll expectations dissolve as you watch I am love. The magnificent production design and set decoration pale to the miscast of Ms. Swinton's lover. She is obviously the anchor and rhythm of the film, yet not even her regal portrail, exquisite costumes and all around production can save the distraught taste of a film you will not love even if the trailer says so. The rest of the cast is more than ok, yet overall it doesn't make it.… Expand

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RichardD.Jun 19, 2010

Yes it is a beautiful melodrama, with some exceedingly striking scenes and lush interiors. I've never seen more shades of brown in a single movie. This is a very stylish film and there is an arresting performance by the always Yes it is a beautiful melodrama, with some exceedingly striking scenes and lush interiors. I've never seen more shades of brown in a single movie. This is a very stylish film and there is an arresting performance by the always impressive Tilda Swinton. But at times the plot is contrived and even a bit silly. The love scene with Emma and Antonio goes on for ages (with loud climatic music to match!), and I do wish the film had been 20 minutes shorter. At times the music is stirring, at others John Adams' score clashes with the dialog.… Expand

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wordmasterAug 15, 2010

So Euro, so reminiscent of older films redolent of Europe, with a peek behind the Fortuny curtains. The Adams score pulses as Tilda Swinton abandons her perfect life, leaving an ordered world for her randy lover. Its gravest limitation isSo Euro, so reminiscent of older films redolent of Europe, with a peek behind the Fortuny curtains. The Adams score pulses as Tilda Swinton abandons her perfect life, leaving an ordered world for her randy lover. Its gravest limitation is that the film never builds enough of a case why she feels frustrated or might intend to bolt: we're left to deduce her motives from her actions and a few clever camera shots of her lust for food. Still in all, appetizing fare.… Expand

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HabibiehakimSep 17, 2021

If Guadagnino's describe the movie as a "Desire" and if what it really means is his "Desire", then this one is not for everyone.

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NickTheCritickOct 22, 2022

Emma is the "foreign" and composed wife of Tancredi Recchi, an influential exponent of the Lombard industrial upper class. Married without love, Emma and Tancredi live between ease and hypocrisy in a large villa in the heart of Milan withEmma is the "foreign" and composed wife of Tancredi Recchi, an influential exponent of the Lombard industrial upper class. Married without love, Emma and Tancredi live between ease and hypocrisy in a large villa in the heart of Milan with their three children: Elisabetta, Edoardo and Gianluca. Close to his father for cynicism and concreteness, Gianluca stands out from his brothers, sensitive and idealistic like Emma, who lovingly watches over their precarious happiness. Edoardo, his mother's pride, disappoints his father's expectations by falling back on the management of a bucolic restaurant in partnership with Antonio, a talented young chef with a low social background. Antonio's entry onto the scene will subvert equilibrium and destinies with the strength and "scope" of love. After the mediocre The Protagonists and the disastrous, terrible "Melissa P." Luca Guadagnino returns with a film about the upper class with some good moments in it (nice camera works, and a well depicted erotism) but that simply didn't fully convince me.… Expand

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