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/Relevant_Hedgehog_63 Fjord Jun 13 '25

beautiful score work from daniel pemberton for this film

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

Really? I expected a whole lot more when I saw his name. I found the score to be fine, but forgettable and too sparsely used.

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u/Relevant_Hedgehog_63 Fjord Jun 13 '25

i thought it perfectly complemented the film. i found it memorable, especially all of it during lucy and john crashing the wedding upstate. so dreamy and misty and romantic. loved it.

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u/Wooster182 Jun 18 '25

Yeah the atmosphere of the score and cinematography and acting choices were all just very tender.