Matthias & Maxime

...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.

The prolific young writer-director changes tack with this poignant drama of love and longing that also reveals his considerable powers as an actor.

A relatively subtle yet moving entry into the Dolanverse, where explosive love is sublimated beneath the ebb and flow of friendship rhythms, and characters are revealed in tender observational details.

Xavier Dolan’s unstoppably garrulous, sweet-natured new movie is a coming-of-age film, or possibly a coming-of-thirtysomethinghood film.

Till slut baxar han ändå allting i hamn och då gör han det med emotionell fingertoppskänsla och lämnar mig som en sladdrig, snyftande disktrasa.

Dolan är både flyhänt, lyhörd och stillsam när han introducerar det spräckliga gänget.