The shouting, the screaming music, the supposedly poetic moments, and the slow-motion shots seem almost a caricature of what Dolan knew to do (or seem to know how to do) in the past. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/10 | Jun 27, 2023

Dolans usual themes of internalized homophobia, hypermasculinity, closet case lusting andin particularrage against mother figures abound, as do individual scenes of intense visual beauty and powerful acting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 20, 2022

Fans of Dolan will enjoy his return in front of the camera, but I doubt it will win him any new admirers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 31, 2021

The insipidity further escalates with the shabby, cosmetic finale, and the result is a pretentious, silly bore that never rises above mediocre status.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 7, 2021

A devastating exploration of repressed desire and unspoken longing.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 25, 2021

The whole cast interact naturally like a family. Freitas is particularly believable as Matt...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 18, 2021

Dolan peppers the work with meta-formal allusions and sociological analysis that are curious on their own terms

| Jun 5, 2021

Situations and emotions are dilated and the characters do not have greater emotional vectors, so different from those of other Dolan's films [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Sep 14, 2020

It's both open and tender, filled with big emotions and phenomenal performances from Dolan himself and Freitas at the front and center of the story.

| Sep 11, 2020

Dolan makes something of a return to form with his latest, a modest but tender drama that finds both writer-director and his millennial characters at a crossroads.

| Sep 7, 2020

For all of its energy and antagonism, Matthias & Maxime is Dolan's most accessible work to date...

| Aug 31, 2020

If the overall effect is a little basic and under-worked, this is still a heartfelt, honest film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 31, 2020

Matthias et Maxime represents both the best of Xavier Dolan's oeuvre and a mature step forward in how restrained and tender his drama can be when not relying on a constant saturation of style.

| Aug 31, 2020

This is a film with big emotions and swoon-worthy wet hair moments, and it finds unexpected places in the subconscious to settle.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 31, 2020

Despite some faults in pacing, Dolan and Freitas' dynamic performances as well as some great writing and direction from the former leave audiences feeling vulnerable in a way that many films are able to do so.

| Aug 31, 2020

As the pair's reticence drags on and on, you might pine for those earlier Dolan characters who got straight down to business.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 31, 2020

Ultimately, the revelation here is not so much Dolan's more contemplative approach to film-making, but the subtlety and sensitivity of his performance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2020

Sometimes tender, sometimes unexpectedly brutal...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2020

The way Dolan chooses to frame things, the visual choices he makes, the way he revels unashamed in the big-ness of the emotions, makes it an entertaining ride.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 28, 2020

Accessible, heartfelt and full of perfect attention to detail, it is one of Dolan's best films yet.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 28, 2020