Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Of 2025Holiday Watch GuideGotham AwardsCelebrity PhotosSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

According to Mathew

  • 2018
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
323
YOUR RATING
Jacqueline Fernandez and Alston Koch in According to Mathew (2018)
CrimeRomanceThriller

The story of a socially popular, powerful and highly respected Protestant priest of St Pauls Church in Colombo, and sought after Exorcist, Father Matthew Peries, who in the late 1970's, cons... Read allThe story of a socially popular, powerful and highly respected Protestant priest of St Pauls Church in Colombo, and sought after Exorcist, Father Matthew Peries, who in the late 1970's, conspired with his mistress, to murder his wife and the mistress's husband, by poisoning the v... Read allThe story of a socially popular, powerful and highly respected Protestant priest of St Pauls Church in Colombo, and sought after Exorcist, Father Matthew Peries, who in the late 1970's, conspired with his mistress, to murder his wife and the mistress's husband, by poisoning the victims with gradual over doses of insulin. He evaded detection owing to his standing in th... Read all

  • Director
    • Chandran Rutnam
  • Writers
    • Christie Eliezer
    • James Rutnam
  • Stars
    • Jacqueline Fernandez
    • Alston Koch
    • Kian O'Grady
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    323
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chandran Rutnam
    • Writers
      • Christie Eliezer
      • James Rutnam
    • Stars
      • Jacqueline Fernandez
      • Alston Koch
      • Kian O'Grady
    • 11User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Photos4

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster

    Top Cast8

    Edit
    Jacqueline Fernandez
    Jacqueline Fernandez
    • Daphne Reynolds
    Alston Koch
    • Father Mathew Pieris
    Kian O'Grady
    Kian O'Grady
    • Randy Reynolds
    Gavin Ludewyke
    • Detective Cruse
    Bimsara Premaratne
    • Eunice Pieris
    Ryan Wijayaratne
    • Steven
    Missari Ahil
    • Sebastian
    Prasad Pereira
    • Eardley
    • Director
      • Chandran Rutnam
    • Writers
      • Christie Eliezer
      • James Rutnam
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews11

    6.1323
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    10shubhamwalia-84456

    Cant get this

    M not able to see this movie how can i get this movie ???
    9skalua-82-110929

    classy movie

    Great independent movie of true murders done by a clergy in early 70., the movie should really be release worldwide ignore the bias of some critics, this is very good acting compared to many trashy hollywood movies out there, the entire movie is in English and can be understood without subtitles, locations are great, The movie really picks up in the secound half,
    1ckasunjith

    worst movie ever

    If you have no place to kiss your girlfriend or do something other than actually watching the movie , this is the movie you wanna go . Just a one word , neddakin !
    2shanikayrs

    Floppy work bring the question "is this a movie for real?"

    This movie is nothing but a carelessly attached chain of frames. The release of movie been an excitement with the name of director, the cast and of course the nature of the story the movies has based on but still with all these assets the movies has failed in the worst possible way as a cinematic work. My eventual thought was that directorship of the movie finally seems to covering under the pretty face of Bollywood star Jacqueline and expecting such a flop to be yet another potboiler.

    Sometime back I have read a paper article about the incident which this movie is based on, and I still find that article is more interesting than this movie. absolutely there wasn't any single cinematic indication about the strength of the unlawful intimate bond between the the priest and the young lady Daphne. Thus it is unavoidable audience to ask what actually leads Daphne to fight that hard to help killing her husband (whom seems well matching to her) in favor of her priest lover. Even the character selection and acting is way under professional scale, almost all the cast fail in bringing up the expected subtlety of performance, in order to bring the expected emotional spectrum of a movie in this dark thrilling range . The homicide and the planing of it is way too dumb, obvious to predict. The detection of the case is has no any single thrilling effort, zero adrenaline rush.I am not sure if the true story also happened the same dumb way but even if it is the case director must be able to tackle up such failing situation in more creative maneuvers. With all this It is very well clearly to see that script writer, the director haven't done any substantial study about the plot prior creating this. There was a plethora of chances where this movie can make great but seems creators has dropped all of em intentionally and has rushed to create narration instead of a movie.

    Mr Rathnam, you could have done millions time better.
    8indika27

    Need to show evidence

    There was a very populer story of 60s in sri lanka. But this film did not prove murder correctly. Court do not make decision from poor evidence.but here there is no any strong evidance.

    More like this

    Machan
    7.7
    Machan
    Gamani
    8.0
    Gamani
    Koombiyo
    9.1
    Koombiyo
    Definition of Fear
    3.6
    Definition of Fear
    Kill Em All 2
    4.1
    Kill Em All 2
    Asu
    6.8
    Asu
    Tell It Like a Woman
    3.7
    Tell It Like a Woman
    A Common Man
    4.5
    A Common Man
    Hai Junoon! Dream. Dare. Dominate.
    6.6
    Hai Junoon! Dream. Dare. Dominate.
    The Frozen Fire
    8.3
    The Frozen Fire
    Ran Kevita
    7.2
    Ran Kevita
    Thanha Rathi Ranga
    8.2
    Thanha Rathi Ranga

    Related interests

    James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Sharon Angela, Max Casella, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Perrino, Donna Pescow, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Michael Drayer in The Sopranos (1999)
    Crime
    Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)
    Romance
    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
    Thriller

    Storyline

    Edit

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ12

    • How long is According to Mathew?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • November 24, 2018 (Sri Lanka)
    • Country of origin
      • Sri Lanka
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • According to Matthew
    • Filming locations
      • Lunawa, Western Province, Sri Lanka
    • Production company
      • Asian Film Location Services
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
    • Color
      • Color

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.