Writer/director Celine Song had made waves with her movie Past Lives back in 2023, and now she’s coming back for a star-studded love triangle with Materialists starring Dakota Johnson (Madame Web), Chris Evans (Captain America), and Pedro Pascal (Fantastic Four).
Check the trailer for Materialists out:
Here’s the official story description:
A matchmaker’s lucrative business is complicated when she falls into a toxic love triangle that threatens her clients.
Admittedly, it does look like a classic rom-com formula, but the ‘com’ part is significantly minimized with the ‘rom’ part going into very serious drama territory.
I’ll admit, it’s kind of crazy how the movie managed to gather three Marvel stars to lead the film, but maybe it would definitely be an audience draw—maybe even for some people who don’t regularly watch A24 films.
As someone who was not the biggest fan of Past Lives, I think there’s some interesting exploration going on here with Materialists. Sure, stories usually tend to show the rich people in a bad light, but so far in the trailer, it’s the down-to-earth simple guy who is acting more volatile—but maybe Pedro Pascal is hiding something that we don’t know about?
I’m honestly a fan of Johnson ever since Madame Web (seriously), and I think she has a great persona on-and-offscreen. Hopefully Materialists manages to have her doing more of what she does best—deadpan deliveries that people can make memes out of.
Catch Materialists when it comes out June 13.
