In the opening credits sequence of Luca Guadagnino’s lush and gorgeous but overlong and pretentious “Queer,” we hear Sinead O’Connor’s mournful rendition of Nirvana’s “All Apologies” as the camera fixates on props from a life,

The acclaimed British actor may be best known for portraying James Bond, but he embraces a much different role in Luca Guadagnino’s William S. Burroughs-themed ‘Queer.’

Adapting the novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, "Queer" is a deliberately messy, melancholic, yet ultimately mesmerizing film, writes our reviewer.