Photo Credit:&nbsp;Materialists' official page
What happens when love becomes just another business deal&mdash;and your ex shows up to blow the whole transaction apart? &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo;, the highly anticipated romantic dramedy from director Celine Song, dives headfirst into the glossy, high-stakes world of matchmaking, self-branding and the emotional price of perfection in a superficial age.
A Box Office Hit and IMDb Favorite &lsquo;Materialists' has officially joined IMDb&rsquo;s Top 50 romantic films with a solid 7/10 rating. Celine Song, already celebrated for her Oscar-nominated debut Past Lives, is proving to be one of this summer&rsquo;s cinematic queens. &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; opened strong at the domestic box office with a remarkable $12 million debut&mdash;echoing the critical and commercial success of Past Lives, which grossed $42.6 million and scored two Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
The Summer of Romance &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a perfect time for romantic films,&rdquo; Song tells Variety, ahead of the film&rsquo;s release. &ldquo;Summer&rsquo;s great for falling in love, because then by Fall you&rsquo;ve got someone to get cozy with as the temperature drops,&rdquo; she adds, &ldquo;And then by the holidays, maybe you bring them home to your parents. That&rsquo;s the fantasy.&rdquo; Song loves the idea of &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; premiering during peak wedding season, calling it her modern-day twist on Victorian matchmaking.
Dating in the Age of Algorithms &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; is a kind of Victorian romance,&rdquo; Song says, &ldquo;because it&rsquo;s about the marriage market&mdash;just like they always were.&rdquo; But in today&rsquo;s world, it&rsquo;s not meddling mothers making matches&mdash;it&rsquo;s dating apps and data. Song jokes that the dating game now resembles the stock market, with everyone&rsquo;s romantic value rising and falling in real-time. &ldquo;Now, it looks like a ticker,&rdquo; she laughs, holding up her phone.
Inspired by the Rom-Com Greats As &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; joins the ranks of modern rom-com favorites, Song reflects on her cinematic inspirations&mdash;Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, James L. Brooks and Mike Leigh. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just interested in love as a universal theme,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;I believe that human feelings and human connections are worthy of cinema.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a philosophy clearly woven through &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; charm and complexity.
A Tangled Love Triangle in NYC Weddings are central to the plot of &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo;, which stars Dakota Johnson as Lucy, a high-powered New York matchmaker whose own love life becomes unexpectedly complicated. Torn between her charming, broke ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) and a wealthy new client-turned-lover Harry (Pedro Pascal), Lucy is forced to confront what love actually means&mdash;beyond status and surface.
Choosing Love Over Perfection Set in the heart of Manhattan, &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; explores how Lucy, who has always treated relationships like luxury commodities, starts to question the emotional cost of her curated life. As the carefully built system around her begins to unravel, she&rsquo;s faced with a choice between polished appearances and messy, authentic love. With wit, style and emotional depth, &lsquo;Materialists&rsquo; offers a sparkling reminder that even in a world obsessed with perfection, real love is always worth the risk.
Want to dive deeper into the film? Don&rsquo;t miss our article: &ldquo;<a href="https://nilefm.com/entertainment/article/12287/bare-minimum-vs-princess-treatment-how-the-materialists-film-brings-the-trend-to-life">Bare Minimum vs. Princess Treatment: How The Materialists Brings the Trend to Life</a>&rdquo;
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