What if love was a currency and everyone was just trying to afford the life they thought they deserved?That’s the haunting heartbeat beneath Materialists , a film wrapped in the glitter of luxury and the ache of longing. From the onset we get to experience the character of New York, a city that is cold, shimmering and relentless. A city filled with mirrored glass were and soft-lit penthouses, where people search for meaning with their hands full of money and their hearts running on credit.
Materialists, the latest work from Celine Song, a director who is quickly becoming one to watch. Song, whose Past Lives felt like a poem written in moonlight, returns here with something sharper, more chaotic, yet no less intimate. The trailer dances on the edge of satire and sincerity, giving us Dakota Johnson as Lucy, a matchmaker in designer heels, who arranges love like a luxury service, until she collides with the chaos of her own heart.
The trailer provides a glimpse into Lucy’s fast-paced world of curated romance. She is seen navigating her high-end matchmaking career, celebrating a client’s upcoming wedding one moment, then diving right back into the demands of others with impossibly specific checklists. As the trailer begins to hint at the tangled threads of Lucy’s own love life, a deep-voiced narrator cuts through the glamour with a sly declaration: “In the world of matchmaking, no one plays the game better than Lucy. But love isn’t part of her equation.”
Pedro Pascal is portrayed as charming and aloof, a man who wears wealth like armour. And then there’s Chris Evans, the ghost of a love that might’ve meant more than Lucy wanted to admit. The chemistry is volatile, the humour sly, and beneath every flirtatious glance or champagne toast, there’s a quiet question pulsing: What are we really looking for in each other love, or leverage?
The trailer flickers between glossy banter and sudden vulnerability, like when a character’s laughter lingers just a second too long, or a stolen glance turns into something almost tragic. Song definitely knows how to show the moment a soul cracks—right between a kiss and a confession.
There’s something heartbreakingly current about Materialists. It understands the loneliness behind curated lives and perfect dates. It asks, what does intimacy look like when we treat relationships like transactions?
Maybe love is the one thing we can’t afford to fake.
About Materialists
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.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Celine Song
Stars: Dakota Johnson • Chris Evans • Pedro Pascal
Runtime: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
Rating: Rated R for language and brief sexual material.
Release Date: June 13, 2025
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