Materialists by Celine Song

There’s not too many movies that I watch twice in the theaters...

After the success of Past Lives, director, Celine Song next work was Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.

A story about a woman (Johnson) who works for a matchmaking service in New York City who is also caught between two men: One is rich, has status is a gentleman (Pascal) and the other is the broke struggling to being an actor ex-boyfriend (Evans).

Without it being philosophical, it does make you think what is love and what are you looking for in a partner? Does a perfect match actually mean a perfect match? Is there a perfect formula for determining if this person is right for you.

This film carried heavy themes but the presentation of it made it easy to view like eating a light salad and iced tea during the spring.

The same way Robert Pattinson was eventually taken as a serious actor after playing Connie Nikas in the Safdie Brothers’ GOOD TIME after being known as the Twilight guy for so many years, Dakota Johnson’s 50 Shades era is over (maybe her being in Madame Web didn’t help her too much) and Chris Evans’ has proven that he can do more than just play Captain America after performing in Bong Jun Ho’s Snowpiercer (2013) and Knives Out (2019) and now Materialists.

I bought the blu-ray version and was excited to take photographs of the box and the six exclusive postcards taken by the on location photographer Atsushi Nishijima. Take a look:

I guess I didn’t answer the question as to why I went to see this twice (and by myself both times…). It’s a story you’ve seen in movies and tv shows time and time again. A person having to choose between two people.

This film makes you think what is love, what makes you happy. People are using dating apps meeting a new date almost every night. You meet one person that feels right but something is slightly off with them but you’re nervous if there is someone slightly better out there or do you want to say “no more dating, this person is enough and we can work from here”.

I think people are trying to hard looking for someone perfect out there. People spend too much time on their dating profile perfecting it like a resume but I think that if someone finds this perfect dating profile that you created their impression of you is that you are perfect but as soon as you reveal a small flaw that wasn't listed on your dating profile, it becomes an immediate turn off.