[Satire] Materialists: Compelling, if Occasionally Frustrating
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With 'Materialists', Celine Song brings the romantic comedy to life with a sensitive and clever story about New Yorkers Lucy, Harry and John, who don't buy into the rented 'Sex in the City' illusion.
Despite the glamorous staging of his characters, the state-of-the-art societal chronicle of Celine Song's modern dating lacks panache and cruelty.
After "Past Lives", Celine Song disappoints with a smirky moral movie.
After the upsetting Past Lives, filmmaker Celine Song delivers a film as formatted as the relationships she depicts, through the portrait of an employee of a marriage agency, organizing meetings between wealthy New Yorkers.


Lucy (Dakota Johnson), a young and ambitious "matchmake" New Yorker finds herself in a complex love triangle, drawn between Harry (Pedro Pascal), the perfect "match", and John (Chris Evans), his ex everything except ideal. Trio of glamorous stars At the end of 2023, with Past Lives, our lives before, su
Materialists: Compelling, if Occasionally Frustrating
Reader Rating0 Votes4.3 Celine Song’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut Past Lives, Materialists, arrives with the weight of expectation and a premise that promises to dissect modern romance with the same surgical precision. Starring Dakota Johnson as Lucy, a high-end matchmaker, alongside Pedro Pascal as a wealthy suitor and Chris Evans as her struggling artist ex-boyfriend, the film sets up a classic love triangle. While Materialists…
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