It’s curiously flat and dreary-looking ... There was a time when I used to wish that Dolan would settle down a little—the manic energy of his work could be exhausting. But if this is the alternative, I take it all back.
Matthias & Maxime
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Canada · 2019
1h 59m
Director Xavier Dolan
Starring Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas, Xavier Dolan, Pier-Luc Funk, Samuel Gauthier
Genre Drama
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When two men who have been friends since childhood are asked to kiss on camera for a student film project, they both begin to question their preferences, and the fallout threatens tear their entire friend group apart.
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The film’s dialogue is exceptional.
None of this movie feels amateurish or unmotivated, but virtually everything on the periphery of its main plot manages to detract from what’s going on between Matthias and Maxime.
It feels at once younger and older, sweeter and more seasoned, than Dolan’s last few films.... [It's] not out to scout new stylistic territory, but confident in the turf it covers, often gorgeously so.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jon Frosch
There’s nothing glaringly wrong with the new movie. ... What’s missing is the blazing urgency.
The Film Stage by Leonardo Goi
Matthias & Maxime lacks the raw, blazing energy Dolan can excel at.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
There is such tenderness and gentleness in this film.
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
A slight but necessary palate-cleanser, as crisp and tangy-sweet as raspberry sorbet, and Dolan’s most conventional and accessible work to date.
Sharp and warm ... It reaffirms a distinctive cinematic voice who might be going back to his greatest hits, but has brought something new to them.
On occasion, the sincerity and unabashed emotion can be bracing, but more often this rambunctiously enthusiastic writer-director overestimates how compelling his protagonists’ plight is, giving us a florid melodrama without enough grit underneath the operatics.
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