Even at a briskly paced 80 minutes, Matt and Mara manages to be remarkably astute about its central relationship’s cocktail of suppressed desire and professional envy.

Radwanski’s script is low on incident -- and the film, at a tight, jittery 80 minutes, can afford to be -- but this tension keeps it taut and urgent, in the manner of particularly gripping people-watching.

This lo-fi Canadian dramedy feels like an excursion into nothing much, as a vague college friendship is rekindled.

A drama about emotional conflicts that moves without being cloying. [Full review in Spanish]