June 14

I do love Daniel Craig. I think his Bond may be my favorite of all-time. I love Benoit Blanc from the Knives Out franchise. He is just a tremendous performer.

I do think he is the best part of Queer, the movie I watched for the June Swoon today. He received a Golden Globe nomination for the role.

Unfortunately, I just did could not get into Queer, despite the topline performance of its lead.

According to IMDB, “William Lee, an American expat and heroin addict in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community he lives in. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat former soldier, makes him believe it might finally be possible to establish an intimate connection with somebody.“

Part of the issue was that this felt too stream-of-consciousness-y to me. It is designed, at times, as a dreamlike film with an abstract story. As in some independent movies, the plot is not important, and that does feel like what Queer is. It is a character piece, and that is fine, but I just did not engage in the film.

Daniel Craig is great, as is his co-star Drew Starkey. I just lost interest in the film early and it never got me back.