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Matt and Mara

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When Mara (Deragh Campbell), a young creative writing professor, reunites with Matt (Matt Johnson), a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, a chance encounter threatens to spin her life in a thrilling new direction. Bonded by their history and shared interests, the two grow closer, while Mara contends with her strained marriage to an experimental musician. When her husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive Mara to a conference out of town, Matt accompanies her instead and the pressure in their undefined relationship slowly builds.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian This lo-fi Canadian dramedy feels like an excursion into nothing much, as a vague college friendship is rekindled. Rated: 2/5 Oct 22, 2024 Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star [Director Kazik Radwansk]’s drawn to characters who are hard to love but impossible to hate. In Campbell and Johnson he’s found two eager conspirators and brilliant actors. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 8, 2024 Full Review Barry Hertz Globe and Mail If everything in the film feels so natural, so nakedly real, that is because everyone involved in it worked so determinedly to make that magic act happen. To bleed the manufactured into the organic. Oct 1, 2024 Full Review Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast Johnson and Campbell are really good here in not overtly showing their cards as they navigate their reunited friendship. Films often botch these kinds of relationships and yet this one seems rightly modulated with that little hint of pain underneath. Rated: 3/4 Oct 28, 2024 Full Review Karen Gordon Original Cin As is his style, Radwanski dips into a scene and out again, so that we see the characters in unguarded moments, each time revealing more of the way they affect each other. Johnson and Campbell know how to work this style and are fascinating to watch. Rated: B-plus Oct 2, 2024 Full Review Christopher Cross Asynchronous Media A two-hander carried comfortably by the endearing yet tumultuous chemistry between its two stars, Matt and Mara pries at social anxieties in a wonderfully nuanced character study of people navigating complex feelings in their personal and artistic lives. Rated: 4/5 Sep 28, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Mara (Deragh Campbell), a young creative writing professor, reunites with Matt (Matt Johnson), a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, a chance encounter threatens to spin her life in a thrilling new direction. Bonded by their history and shared interests, the two grow closer, while Mara contends with her strained marriage to an experimental musician. When her husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive Mara to a conference out of town, Matt accompanies her instead and the pressure in their undefined relationship slowly builds.
Director
Kazik Radwanski
Producer
Dan Montgomery, Candice Napoleone, Daniel Montgomery
Screenwriter
Kazik Radwanski
Distributor
The Cinema Guild
Production Co
Medium Density Fibreboard Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 13, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 20m