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past lives for canadians

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Throwing a party in your backyard and then just sitting in the hot tub the whole time is such a boss move

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Matt Johnson walked through a door and everyone laughed like he was Kramer

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2011 is BACK yayy.

if you are going to make a movie about a man and a woman with a complicated quasi-romantic relationship where they make wry twee observations, they need to never quite say what they mean to say, specifically because they cannot articulate it to themselves. that's the rule.

the second rule is that the two leads are good actors. you're not really going to ask them to perform as much as be charismatic, but they have to know when to make choices.

the third rule is that they must funnier than they are annoying, and that their chemistry must sexy in a way that feels like real adult sexy and not fantasy. not that there's anything wrong with fantasy, just not here, you know?

anyway this movie follows all three rules to a T. good stuff!

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someone can teach you to be childish and charming but the truth is it’ll all disappear with them, when they decide to go. a flash that exists between two pages of a book, kissing as you bring it to a close and place it back on the shelf.

side note for all you filmmakers: if you choose to make going to ithaca a part of your plot but don’t actually have the budget to do it, reach out to me and i will do everything in my power to make it happen. no cheap parking lot shots or distorted target logos!! you can’t fool me!!

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Should have been called Matt and Mara and Avery

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Movie feels like this: ☀️🌤️🦋❤️🙍‍♀️☔️👕🧦🫂

Sweet like a little sugar in lemon tea

Review by reelronniek ★★★★½

Don’t you love it when TURTLENECK is the main character of the movie

Review by Will Sloan Liked

Really liked this. Fun to see Radwanski torquing his usual style a bit by building a movie around extreme close-ups of two faces instead of one. And what faces! Very convincing and textured chemistry between these two. Matt Johnson’s screen presence is a powerful instrument that must be played carefully, and he’s never been better!

Made me think of people I used to know, and all that sort of thing. Hey Adam - very cute kiddo!

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shocked reaching the credits and seeing "hairstylist to Matt Johnson". Thats a first

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the slice of life cinema we know and adore from Radwanski - throw the camera in the ring and let it simply roll, trust the authenticity that capable collaborators are able to generate.

Matt Johnson plays Matt Johnson and is carrying hard. Deragh Campbell is playing Deragh Campbell ("the worst version of myself") but doesn't fully it (she's explicitly not using her real life name) and I guess that's where the whole thing trembles a little.

some sequences work very well, give new angles (the coffee scene, the kissing moment), others dabble away. we never really fully immerse into this universe although it should be pretty easy to do so, given the competent fellas behind and in front of the camera. still a cute indy.

Review by MUBI Liked

Risking ellipses and question marks, Canadian director Kazik Radwanski traces the ambiguous forms that romance can take with MATT AND MARA. Through the surprises and genuine laughs of improvisation, the talented leads articulate a rare, real attraction for which there are, ordinarily, only clichés.

Now streaming exclusively on MUBI in many territories.