Queer (film)
{{Short description|2024 film by Luca Guadagnino}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Queer_(2024)_film_poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt = A middle-aged man stares out, in front of a plain blue background.
| director = Luca Guadagnino
| screenplay = Justin Kuritzkes
| based_on = {{Based on |Queer|William S. Burroughs}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Lorenzo Mieli
- Luca Guadagnino
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| cinematography = Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
| editing = Marco Costa
| music = {{Plainlist|
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| studio = {{Plainlist|
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| distributor = {{Plainlist|
- Lucky Red (Italy)
- A24 (United States)
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| released = {{film date|2024|9|3|Venice|2024|11|27|United States|2025|4|17|Italy}}
| runtime = 137 minutes{{Cite web|title=Queer (18)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/queer-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdi1nda0|date=November 20, 2024|access-date=December 3, 2024|publisher=British Board of Film Classification}}
| country = {{Plainlist|
- Italy
- United States
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| language = {{Plainlist|
- English
- Spanish{{cite web |title=Queer |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=queer-lff24 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=14 October 2024}}
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| gross = $5.9 million{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Queer-(2024)#tab=box-office|title=Queer (2024)|website=The Numbers|access-date=January 24, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt24176060/|title=Queer (2024)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 24, 2025}}
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Queer (titled onscreen as William S. Burroughs' Queer) is a 2024 period romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes, based on the 1985 novella by William S. Burroughs. Set in 1950s Mexico City and Ecuador, the film follows an outcast American expatriate (Daniel Craig) who becomes infatuated with a much younger man (Drew Starkey); Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, and Lesley Manville also star.
Queer premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2024, where it played in-competition for the Golden Lion. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 27, by A24, and was released nationwide on December 13. The film has received generally positive reviews from critics and was named one of the Top Ten Films of 2024 by the National Board of Review, where Craig was awarded the Best Actor prize. Craig was also nominated for the Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice, and the Screen Actors Guild awards for his performance.
Plot
In 1950, William Lee is an American expatriate living in Mexico City, passing time by bar hopping and indulging in sexual activities with younger men. One evening, he catches sight of Eugene Allerton, a young GI who is also an American expatriate. Lee grows obsessed with Allerton, pursuing him across various bars, hoping to gain his affection.
The pair establish a relationship, but Allerton maintains an emotional distance from Lee and is often seen with a woman, despite Lee's obvious desire for connection. Allerton explains this by suggesting he does not see himself as "queer" in the same way as Lee does. Lee invites Allerton to travel with him to South America in the hopes of finding yagé, a plant said to offer telepathic abilities. Allerton seems reluctant but eventually accepts Lee's invitation.
While on the trip, Lee's drug dependency makes him seek out medical opiates with a claim of dysentery. Allerton continues to keep Lee at a distance. Lee hears of a doctor living in Quito who could assist him in his search for yagé.
The two men arrive in the Ecuadorian jungle to meet Dr. Cotter, who warms to the men and creates ayahuasca for them by brewing the yagé found in the forest. Lee and Allerton experience vivid hallucinations from the drug. They vomit out their hearts, communicate telepathically and meld their bodies together. Allerton tells Lee, "I'm not queer. I'm disembodied", which Lee had said in one of his dreams.
The next morning, Dr. Cotter suggests the men stay to further explore the effects of yagé. However, shaken by the experience, Allerton is keen to leave and Lee follows.
Two years later, Lee returns to Mexico City. He is told that Allerton has taken another trip to South America as a guide for an army colonel, and has not been seen or heard from since. In a dream, Lee discovers Allerton in a hotel room adjacent to his. Allerton engages Lee in a round of William Tell by placing a glass on his head. Lee shoots Allerton in the head, then holds his body until it vanishes, before he vanishes himself.
Lee finds himself in his hotel room, now an elderly man. Lying on his bed, a still-youthful Allerton joins and comforts him.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Daniel Craig as William Lee, a fictionalized version of William S. Burroughs
- Drew Starkey as Eugene Allerton
- Jason Schwartzman as Joe Guidry
- Lesley Manville as Dr. Cotter
- Henrique Zaga as Winston Moor
- Drew Droege as John Dumé
- Andra Ursuța as Mary
- Ariel Schulman as Tom Weston
- Andrés Duprat as Dr. Hernandez
- Omar Apollo as Chimu Bar guy{{cite web|url=https://press.a24films.com/films/queer|title=Queer|website=A24 Publicity|access-date=November 10, 2024}}
- David Lowery as Jim Cochran
- Lisandro Alonso as Mr. Cotter
- Michaël Borremans as doctor
- Ronia Ava as Joan Vollmer
}}
Production
=Development=
Guadagnino had wanted to make an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' 1985 novella Queer since he read the book when he was 17. In April 2022, he mentioned the book to screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes while they were on set for their film Challengers (2024) in Boston.{{Cite news|title=Challengers è il nuovo film sul tennis di Luca Guadagnino: "I fischi ai miei film? La gente si offende troppo facilmente"|url=https://www.repubblica.it/venerdi/2024/03/21/news/luca_guadagnino_challengers_zendaya-422352838/|last=Jacobbi|first=Paola|date=22 March 2024|newspaper=la Repubblica|language=it|access-date=26 March 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-date=29 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329204814/https://www.repubblica.it/venerdi/2024/03/21/news/luca_guadagnino_challengers_zendaya-422352838/|url-status=live}} Guadagnino bought Kuritzkes a copy, which he read and loved. Producer Lorenzo Mieli found the rights to the book, which they secured after a call with James Grauerholz, the literary executor of Burroughs' estate. Kuritzkes began writing the script while they were still working on Challengers. The book was published unfinished, so Kuritzkes and Guadagnino consulted Burroughs' scholar Oliver Harris on how to give the text a fitting ending, while maintaining the author's vision.{{cite magazine|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|date=2 September 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/luca-guadagnino-queer-on-screen-sex-daniel-craig-venice-1236127658/|title=Luca Guadagnino Unpacks Queer: How Burroughs' 'Universal' Love Story, Casting Daniel Craig and Lots of On-Screen Sex Resulted in a 'Very Revolutionary' Film |magazine=Variety|access-date=3 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903131652/https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/luca-guadagnino-queer-on-screen-sex-daniel-craig-venice-1236127658/|archive-date=3 September 2024}} Guadagnino described Queer as his most personal film and a tribute to the films of Powell and Pressburger, such as The Red Shoes (1948), saying "I think they would appreciate the sex scenes in Queer, which are numerous and quite scandalous".{{cite news|last=Cavaggioni|first=Alessandro|date=22 June 2024|url=https://cinecittanews.it/guadagnino-queer-sara-il-mio-film-piu-personale/|title=Guadagnino: "Queer sarà il mio film più personale"|work=Cinecittà News|language=it|access-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623030629/https://cinecittanews.it/guadagnino-queer-sara-il-mio-film-piu-personale/|archive-date=23 June 2024}}
= Casting =
It was announced in December 2022 that Daniel Craig was in talks to star in the film.{{Cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Kroll |first2=Justin |date=9 December 2022 |title=Luca Guadagnino-Directed Adaptation Of Queer With Daniel Craig In Works |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-queer-1235194243/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213203646/https://deadline.com/2022/12/daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-queer-1235194243/ |url-status=live}} Craig was cast after Guadagnino's agent Bryan Lourd had sent the script to the actor. Guadagnino recalled: "Daniel and I were on the phone a week later. Then, a week passed, and he was in the movie." In April 2023, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, and Henry Zaga were revealed to be in the cast.{{Cite magazine |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=21 April 2023 |title=Drew Starkey to Star With Daniel Craig in Luca Guadagnino's Queer With Filming Starting This Month in Italy (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/daniel-craig-drew-starkey-luca-guadagnino-film-queer-1235538147/ |access-date=21 April 2023|magazine=Variety |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421135520/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/daniel-craig-drew-starkey-luca-guadagnino-film-queer-1235538147/|url-status=live}} Starkey was cast after an audition tape he had made for another project landed in front of Guadagnino. Guadagnino consulted with Craig on casting Starkey, and Craig, after watching the tape, told Guadagnino, "That's the guy."{{cite magazine |last=Cartter|first=Eileen |title= Is Outer Banks Star Drew Starkey Hollywood's Next Prestige Heartthrob?|date=February 29, 2024|magazine= GQ|url=https://www.gq.com/story/drew-starkey-profile|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240229144811/https://www.gq.com/story/drew-starkey-profile|archive-date=February 29, 2024|access-date=March 26, 2024}} They auditioned three hundred people for the role. In June 2024, it was reported that directors Ariel Schulman, Lisandro Alonso, and David Lowery would be appearing in the film.
=Filming=
Principal photography began in Rome, Italy, on April 29, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Deon |first=Brynn |date=2023-04-29 |title=Luca Guadagnino's Queer Has Begun Filming |url=https://maxblizz.com/luca-guadagninos-queer-has-begun-filming/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Maxblizz |archive-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418081844/https://maxblizz.com/luca-guadagninos-queer-has-begun-filming/ |url-status=live}} The project was filmed at Cinecittà Studios. Additional scenes were shot in Quito, Ecuador for the last act of the film. Production wrapped on June 29, 2023.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony|date=3 September 2023 |title=Lorenzo Mieli: How The Italian Producer Of Sofia Coppola's Priscilla, Luca Guadagnino's Queer & HBO's My Brilliant Friend Is Breaking Global Boundaries – Venice|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/lorenzo-mieli-priscilla-producer-sofia-coppola-my-brilliant-friend-luca-guadagnino-1235534484/|access-date= 16 October 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903234409/https://deadline.com/2023/09/lorenzo-mieli-priscilla-producer-sofia-coppola-my-brilliant-friend-luca-guadagnino-1235534484/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite Instagram |first=Jonathan|last=Anderson|author-link=Jonathan Anderson (fashion designer)|user=jonathan.anderson|postid=CuFRNa4svGq/ |date=29 June 2023 |title=Today we wrap|access-date=28 June 2024 |link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CuFRNa4svGq/}} Jonathan Anderson, creative director of Loewe, served as costume designer, marking his second collaboration with Guadagnino following Challengers.{{Cite news |last=Cartner-Morley|author-link=Jess Cartner-Morley |first=Jess |date=17 February 2023 |title=Fashion needs to step up as UK is 'in a paralysis', says Jonathan Anderson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/feb/17/british-fashion-needs-to-say-something-says-designer-jonathan-anderson |access-date=21 April 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319060034/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/feb/17/british-fashion-needs-to-say-something-says-designer-jonathan-anderson}}
=Post-production=
The original cut submitted to and accepted by the Venice Film Festival was 185 to 200 minutes long before being cut down to its final length of 135 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/venice-film-festivals-artistic-director-interview-awards-insider|title=Venice Film Festival's Artistic Director on the Boldest Films and Biggest Stars of This Year's Lineup|url-access=limited|date=August 15, 2024|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|website=Vanity Fair|access-date=August 16, 2024|quote=There were three versions of the film. The first one was more than three hours long. The second one was two and one half. The final version is two hours and 15 minutes.|archive-date=2 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902211810/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/venice-film-festivals-artistic-director-interview-awards-insider|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://lucysullacultura.com/una-vita-per-il-cinema-intervista-ad-alberto-barbera/|language=it|trans-title=A Life for Cinema. Interview with Alberto Barbera|title=Una vita per il cinema. Intervista ad Alberto Barbera|date=August 26, 2024|first=Lorenzo|last=Gramatica|website=Lucy. Sulla cultura|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-date=31 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831192356/https://lucysullacultura.com/una-vita-per-il-cinema-intervista-ad-alberto-barbera/|url-status=live}}
=Music=
{{Infobox album
| name = Queer (Original Score)
| type = film
| artist = Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
| cover =
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| length = 49:21
| label = Milan
| producer =
- Trent Reznor
- Atticus Ross
- Jacob Moreno
| chronology = Trent Reznor
| prev_title = Challengers (Original Score)
| prev_year = 2024
| next_title =
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Atticus Ross
| type = film
| prev_title = Shōgun (Original Soundtrack)
| prev_year = 2024
| title = Queer (Original Score)
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the score for Queer, their third collaboration with Guadagnino following Bones and All in 2022 and Challengers in 2024. The Spanish-language "Te Maldigo", performed by Omar Apollo, who stars in the film, was the first song released from the soundtrack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/queer-song-trent-reznor-atticus-ross-omar-apollo|title=Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Omar Apollo share tender new Queer song|first=Emma|last=Keates|date=November 21, 2024|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=November 25, 2024|archive-date=26 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126225544/https://www.avclub.com/queer-song-trent-reznor-atticus-ross-omar-apollo|url-status=live}} The album featuring the original score was released on December 6, 2024, through Milan Records; the first track "Vaster than Empires", performed by Reznor and Brazilian composer Caetano Veloso, contains lyrics from Burroughs' final diary entry.{{Cite web|url=https://milanrecords.com/out-now-reznor-and-ross-original-score-for-guadagninos-queer/|title=Out Now: Reznor and Ross' Original Score for Guadagnino's Queer|date=December 6, 2024|publisher=Milan Records|access-date=December 9, 2024}} On December 13, "Vaster than Empires" was rereleased featuring Alan Sparhawk and BJ Burton instead of Veloso.
{{Track listing
| headline = Queer (Original Score) track listing
| all_music = Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross; William S. Burroughs is additionally credited as a writer on "Vaster than Empires".
| title1 = Vaster than Empires
| note1 = with Caetano Veloso
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Pure Love
| length2 = 4:34
| title3 = Centipede
| length3 = 1:25
| title4 = God Had to Create
| length4 = 2:53
| title5 = Thinking Is Not Enough
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = The Saddest Man in the World
| length6 = 1:56
| title7 = That's Him
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = Wouldn't You?
| length8 = 1:39
| title9 = Love Would Shatter
| length9 = 4:40
| title10 = Place of Failure
| length10 = 4:04
| title11 = Real Enough
| length11 = 1:51
| title12 = No Holy Grail
| length12 = 2:49
| title13 = No Final Satori
| length13 = 3:53
| title14 = No Final Solution
| length14 = 0:58
| title15 = Just Conflict
| length15 = 1:36
| title16 = Love
| length16 = 6:29
}}
Notes
- "Love" is stylized as "LOVE."
The film itself includes numerous tracks by prominent artists including; Nirvana, Sinéad O’Connor, New Order and jazz legends Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Release
Queer had its world premiere in-competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2024.{{Cite magazine|title=Venice Film Festival Reveals Lineup (Updating Live)|first1=Nick|last1=Vivarelli|first2=Ellise|last2=Shafer|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/venice-film-festival-lineup-2024-1236079828/|date=23 July 2024|magazine=Variety|access-date=23 July 2024|archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723094540/https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/venice-film-festival-lineup-2024-1236079828/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |first1=Nancy |last1=Tartaglione |first2=Nada |last2=Aboul Kheir |date=3 September 2024 |title=Luca Guadagnino's Queer Earns 11-Minute Ovation At Venice Film Festival |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/queer-ovation-daniel-craig-venice-world-premiere-1236076181/ |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} In August 2024, the film was the first announced in the Spotlight Gala of the 62nd New York Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=Queer |url=https://www.tiff.net/events/queer |access-date=2024-08-25 |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival |archive-date=30 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830131210/https://www.tiff.net/events/queer |url-status=live}}
In September 2024, A24 acquired the film's distribution rights for the United States.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/queer-daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-a24-1236072192/|title=Luca Guadagnino's Daniel Craig Feature Queer Landing At A24|date=August 28, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=2 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902082144/https://deadline.com/2024/08/queer-daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-a24-1236072192/|url-status=live}} In October 2024, Mubi acquired the film rights for multiple regions, including streaming in Italy.{{cite web|title=Mubi Buys Daniel Craig-Starrer Queer For Multiple Territories|first=Jesse|last=Whittock|date=4 October 2024|access-date=4 October 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/mubi-queer-deal-daniel-craig-1236107426/|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=4 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004110104/https://deadline.com/2024/10/mubi-queer-deal-daniel-craig-1236107426/|url-status=live}} The film was banned in Turkey, leading Mubi to cancel a film festival which the film was set to open in November 2024.{{cite news |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/11/08/festival-cancelled-in-turkey-over-ban-of-luca-guadagninos-film-queer |title=Festival cancelled in Turkey over ban of Luca Guadagnino's film 'Queer' |publisher=Euronews |date=8 November 2024 |access-date=9 November 2024 |archive-date=9 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109015817/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/11/08/festival-cancelled-in-turkey-over-ban-of-luca-guadagninos-film-queer |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mubi-cancels-film-festival-turkey-daniel-craig-film-queer-banned-rcna179263 |title=Mubi cancels film festival in Turkey after Daniel Craig film 'Queer' is banned |publisher=NBC News |date=8 November 2024 |access-date=9 November 2024 |archive-date=8 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108113227/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mubi-cancels-film-festival-turkey-daniel-craig-film-queer-banned-rcna179263 |url-status=live}}
The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 27, 2024,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/a24-queer-the-brutalist-release-dates-1236097950/|title=A24 Sets Awards Season Release Dates For Luca Guadagnino's Queer & Brady Corbet's The Brutalist|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024|archive-date=24 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924150643/https://deadline.com/2024/09/a24-queer-the-brutalist-release-dates-1236097950/|url-status=live}} before nationwide releases in both the US and the United Kingdom on December 13. It was released theatrically in Italy on April 17, 2025, by Lucky Red.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.it/film/queer/65852/scheda/|title=Queer: Data di uscita|website=Comingsoon.it|language=it|access-date=April 22, 2025}}
Reception
=Critical response=
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 212 critics gave the film a positive review and the average rating was 7.1 out of 10. The critics consensus on the website reads: "A phantasmagorical distillation of William S. Burroughs' preoccupations that's by turns meandering and vital, Queer marks one of Daniel Craig's most sterling performances yet."{{Cite web |title=Queer |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/queer |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926194157/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/queer |url-status=live}} Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on 49 critic reviews, indicating a "generally favorable" response.{{Cite web |title=Queer |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/queer/ |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=Metacritic |archive-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905171439/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/queer/ |url-status=live}}
Craig was widely praised for his performance,{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer review: Daniel Craig is 'heartbreaking' in this explicit gay romance, but the story goes off the rails |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240903-queer-film-review |access-date=4 September 2024 |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite news |last=Collin |first=Robbie |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer: Daniel Craig puts Bond to bed with this sensational – and explicit – gay drama |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/queer-daniel-craig-review-luca-guadagnino/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer Review: Daniel Craig Is Heartbreaking in Luca Guadagnino's Profound Kaleidoscope of Unrequited Love, Addiction, and Ayahuasca |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/queer-review-luca-guadagnino-daniel-craig-1235043068/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=IndieWire |archive-date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903232306/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/queer-review-luca-guadagnino-daniel-craig-1235043068/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer Review: Daniel Craig Burns a Hole in the Screen With Obsessive Desire in Luca Guadagnino's Trippy Gay Odyssey |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/queer-review-daniel-craig-luca-guadagninos-1235986089/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=4 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904013749/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/queer-review-daniel-craig-luca-guadagninos-1235986089/ |url-status=live}} with The Guardian{{'}}s Peter Bradshaw describing it as a "really funny, open, generous performance – perhaps the only disadvantage is that he upstages Starkey".{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer review – Daniel Craig is needy, horny and mesmeric in Guadagnino's erotic drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/sep/03/queer-review-daniel-craig-william-burroughs |access-date=4 September 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Amy Taubin, writing for Film Comment, wrote that she was "knocked out by Luca Guadagnino's Queer, a swooningly gorgeous film whose bloody heart and loose piriformis muscle is Daniel Craig's performance as Bill Lee", adding that the scene in which Lee injects heroin seems to be "one of the most transcendent in film history".{{Cite news |last=Taubin |first=Amy |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |date=3 September 2024 |title=Singular Scenes of the Year|url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/singular-scenes-of-the-year/|access-date=25 February 2025 |magazine=Film Comment}}
The Times found the film to be visually appealing but lacking in substance.{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=Kevin |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer review — Daniel Craig beguiles as a sexual predator and addict |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/queer-review-daniel-craig-beguiles-as-a-sexual-predator-and-addict-fzcmznmb3 |access-date=4 September 2024 |newspaper=The Times |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904031621/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/queer-review-daniel-craig-beguiles-as-a-sexual-predator-and-addict-fzcmznmb3 |url-status=live}}
Director John Waters ranked Queer second on a list of his favorite movies of 2024, writing that Craig "may be queerbait for taking on the gay beatnik role of William Burroughs's alter ego, but I'm all for it."{{cite web |last=Waters |first=John|author-link=John Waters |title=The Best Movies of 2024, According to John Waters |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/john-waters-best-movies-of-2024.html |access-date=10 December 2024 |website=Vulture |date=6 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207060111/https://www.vulture.com/article/john-waters-best-movies-of-2024.html|archive-date=December 7, 2024}} Filmmakers Agnieszka Holland, Edward Berger, Denis Villeneuve, Azazel Jacobs, and Celine Song have also cited it as among their favorite films of 2024.{{cite web |last=O'Falt |first=Chris |title=65 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2024 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/directors-pick-best-films-2024/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=IndieWire |date=30 December 2024 |archive-date=30 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230231638/https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/directors-pick-best-films-2024/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Best Movies of 2024: First Viewings & Discoveries and Individual Ballots |url=https://www.screenslate.com/articles/best-movies-2024-first-viewings-discoveries-and-individual-ballots |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Screen Slate |archive-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114201546/https://www.screenslate.com/articles/best-movies-2024-first-viewings-discoveries-and-individual-ballots |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Emily |date=2024-12-09 |title=Dune 2 director Denis Villeneuve reveals his favorite films of 2024, from a divisive Netflix musical to Daniel Craig's latest feature |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/dune-2-director-denis-villeneuve-reveals-his-favorite-films-of-2024-from-a-divisive-netflix-musical-to-daniel-craigs-latest-feature/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=GamesRadar+ |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102203819/https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/dune-2-director-denis-villeneuve-reveals-his-favorite-films-of-2024-from-a-divisive-netflix-musical-to-daniel-craigs-latest-feature/ |url-status=live }} PopMatters included it on their list of "Best of 2024".{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-film-of-2024/2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 January 2025 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123111619/https://www.popmatters.com/best-film-of-2024/2 |url-status=live }}
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