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Summary Sam (Elliot Page), who moved to Toronto from his small town on Lake Ontario, Canada finally decides to return home to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On his journey, he has a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Hillary Baack) that sparks old feelings. It is on this trip that Sam can finally confront long-buried feel...

Directed By: Dominic Savage

Written By: Dominic Savage, Elliot Page

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • R
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2024
  • R
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m

Close to You

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Sam (Elliot Page), who moved to Toronto from his small town on Lake Ontario, Canada finally decides to return home to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On his journey, he has a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Hillary Baack) that sparks old feelings. It is on this trip that Sam can finally confront long-buried feel...

Directed By: Dominic Savage

Written By: Dominic Savage, Elliot Page

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
55
31% Positive
5 Reviews
69% Mixed
11 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
55
31% Positive
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69% Mixed
11 Reviews
0% Negative
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85
Aug 30, 2024
Close To You is ultra-real, ultra-important, ultra-fascinating, and ultra-recommended.
By Michael Talbot-Haynes FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 1, 2024
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.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 4, 2024
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.
By Ella Kemp FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 1, 2024
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.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 16, 2024
As attentive as Close to You is to family dynamics, its dialogue, which the actors largely improvised, rarely achieves verisimilitude.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW
42
Aug 1, 2024
All through the scattered experience, Page is a shining light. Every move he makes gives the film something greater that it is never able to grasp.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 1, 2024
As a movie, Close to You feels too unfocused, a major win and a welcome return for Page yet an opportunity squandered.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW

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tabithaaa
Oct 29, 2024
As a trans woman, I can't say enough about how great this movie is. I so appreciate the depth, complexity, and subtlety it brings to the experience of coming out as trans later in life to family and old friends.
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Production Company Kindred Spirit, Rolling Dice, Mongrel Media, Me + You Productions, Good Question Media, Pageboy Productions
Release Date Aug 16, 2024
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Website https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/close-to-you/
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Awards

Calgary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinéfest Sudbury
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
• 1 Nomination

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