Matt and Mara
Cinema Guild | Release Date: September 13, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireSiddhant AdlakhaSep 7, 2024
Radwanski’s Toronto-set story isn’t quite a linear, didactic affair drama either, but rather, uses its characters as points of rumination on the present, and its fragile nature, embodied by two people with a complicated past and, most likely, no real future. Read full review
94
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzOct 1, 2024
There is an intensity and commitment in Campbell’s work that mesmerizes, even frightens, with its sheer boldness. Read full review
91
The Film StageSavina PetkovaSep 5, 2024
With all this at play, Matt and Mara conjures a very particular kind of magic: that of an emotional journey which is shared but never properly enunciated. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesSep 6, 2024
The film offers no easy answer for their situation. No happy resolution. There is just love in all its forms; messy and simple, spoken and unspoken, shared and hidden. Read full review
83
Original-CinKaren GordonOct 2, 2024
Campbell and Johnson – both of whom worked with Radwanski in Anne at 13,000 ft. - make a great team. They've been allowed to improvise some of their dialogue, which adds to a sense that we’re eavesdropping on two people who are responding to a particular moment. Read full review
80
Little White LiesHannah StrongOct 25, 2024
The naturalistic camerawork and performances ground the film in realism, creating a wry dramedy that refuses to placate us with easy answers or condescension. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeSep 5, 2024
Matt and Mara is one of those films in which very little concrete happens, but the tingling possibility that something might makes it compelling. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeOct 27, 2024
Radwanski uses restless, handheld cameras and improvisation to capture micro-moments in which not a lot happens but the implications are huge. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 21, 2024
Here is a toothless, aimless dramedy from Canada, a lo-fi excursion into nothing very interesting; it’s what would happen if Harry met Sally and maybe they weren’t meant to be lovers or even friends and were both a bit bland. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 12, 2024
Matt and Mara is less a movie than an idea for one. It doesn’t help that neither character is likable, or that the director and writer, Kazik Radwanski, fills the screen with close-ups in lieu of information. Read full review
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