Daniel Craig’s ‘horny yet heartbreaking’ new film Queer firmly divides critics

New movie Queer just had its debut at the Venice Film Festival, where it is is one of 21 films competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award.

Often, when buzzy indie films or huge Hollywood blockbusters make their debuts in front of critics, there is at least some general consensus on their quality.

Yet with Call Me by Your Name director Guadagnino’s new film Queer, that’s simply not the case: in terms of reviews, there’s dismal two-stars, middling three-stars, favourable four-stars, and glowing five-stars.

It’s a real mixed bag.

But first, the premise: based on the 1985 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by William S. Burrough (it was originally penned in 1951, but not released for more than three decades), James Bond hero Daniel Craig plays

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