Article 4FPZT Matthias & Maxime review – Xavier Dolan's heartfelt tale of male longing

Matthias & Maxime review – Xavier Dolan's heartfelt tale of male longing

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Peter Bradshaw
from World news | The Guardian on (#4FPZT)

Two friends' playful kiss rekindles suppressed feelings in a film swept along by rattling dialogue and simmering tensions

Xavier Dolan's unstoppably garrulous, sweet-natured new movie is a coming-of-age film, or possibly an approaching-thirtysomethinghood film. Or perhaps it's a portrait of a bunch of friends for whom things would never be the same again after that summer. It is not exactly a sexual awakening tale because the sexuality in question never really went to sleep. But it is a love story.

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