Close to You (2023 film)

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Close to You
Close to you film 2023 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Dominic Savage
Written byDominic Savage
Story by
Produced by
  • Krishnendu Majumdar
  • Richard Yee
  • Daniel Bekerman
  • Chris Yurkovich
  • Dominic Savage
  • Elliot Page
Starring
Cinematography Catherine Lutes
Edited byDavid Charap
Music by
Production
companies
  • Kindred Spirit
  • Rolling Dice
  • Me + You Productions
  • Good Question Media
  • Pageboy Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 10, 2023 (2023-09-10)(TIFF)
  • August 16, 2024 (2024-08-16)(Canada)
  • August 30, 2024 (2024-08-30)(United Kingdom)
Running time
99 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$72,994 [2] [3]

Close to You is a 2023 drama film directed by Dominic Savage and starring Elliot Page, Hillary Baack, Peter Outerbridge, and Wendy Crewson. Savage and Page wrote the story together and both acted as producers.

Contents

The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released on August 16, 2024 in Canada. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2024.

Premise

Sam is heading back home for a family reunion and bumps into an old friend. [4]

Cast

Production

Alongside Savage and Page, producers also include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee for their Me + You Productions banner and Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich, via Good Question Media. Financing comes from Kindred Spirit with Anita Gou and Sam Intili executive producing with Rolling Dice's Nia Vazirani, and Matt Jordan Smith of PageBoy Productions. [5] [6] The project included high levels of improvisation and Page told The Guardian the experience was "a highlight of my life as an actor." [7]

Filming

Shot by cinematographer Catherine Lutes, principal photography took place in Canada and wrapped by June 2023. [8]

Release

The film had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2023, [9] and received a gala screening at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. [10] In January 2024, Greenwich Entertainment acquired US distribution rights to the film. [11]

It was released in the United States and Canada (Mongrel Media) on August 16, 2024, [12] [13] and was released in the United Kingdom (Vertigo Releasing) two weeks later on August 30. [14] [15] The movie will have its streaming debut on Netflix on November 15, 2024. [16]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 65% of 55 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10.The website's consensus reads: "A passion project for Elliot Page that benefits from his naturalism, Close to You's improvisational scripting yields dramatically uneven but ultimately moving results." [17] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [18]

Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "It's raw and often powerful—less of a carefully shaped drama than the equivalent of a series of boxes filled with explosive material being slung about. It's less concerned with winning points for neatness than in letting scenes unfold in an unflinchingly immediate way." [19]

Awards

Award / Film FestivalDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival September 28, 2023 Inspiring Voices and PerspectivesDominic SavageWon [20]
Calgary International Film Festival September 25, 2023 Special Jury Citation for Performance,
International Narrative Feature Competition		Elliot PageWon [21]
British Independent Film Awards December 8, 2024 Best Lead PerformanceElliot PagePending [22]

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  2. ↑ "Close to You (2023)". The Numbers . Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Close to You (2023)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 20, 2024.
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