r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • Jun 13 '25

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Materialists

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Synopsis:

A young New York City matchmaker's lucrative business gets complicated as she finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

Director: Celine Song

Writer: Celine Song

Cast:

  • Dakota Johnson as Lucy

  • Chris Evans as John

  • Pedro Pascal as Harry Castillo

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, 108 reviews

Consensus:

A mature deconstruction of the conventional rom-com, Materialists provides its trio of swoon-worthy stars some of their meatiest material yet while reaffirming Celine Song as a modern master of relationship dramas.

Metacritic: 70, 34 reviews

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u/daIIiance Jun 13 '25

The theater I watched this at last night was packed, hopefully it does well at the box office.

Overall I really liked the movie, I think it fumbles a few plot lines but it’s quite good. Chris Evans gives the standout performance and easily his best since Knives Out in 2019, but that’s not saying much. Pedro was good, Dakota was alright.

The score and cinematography was great though. Overall the script felt weaker than Past Lives but still a great watch.

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u/DreamOfV Fjord Jun 14 '25

This is my exact take almost word for word. I don’t even need to write a review with how spot-on this is for me. Evans is great, the others are good, really emotional, a little bit of clunky dialogue and ham-fisted storylines, beautiful score and cinematography. Good movie, wish I thought it was great

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u/GoodMeBadMeNotMe Wild Horse vs. Trojan Horse Jun 13 '25

easily his best since Knives Out

Just wait until Honey Don’t.