Overview

• Materialistas opened on August 14 in major markets following its late-July premiere and has now entered general release.
• Dakota Johnson leads as a Manhattan matchmaker who evaluates partners based on strict material criteria, revealing the commodification of love.
• Drawing on Song’s personal history at an elite matchmaking agency, the film turns its premise into a dramatic deconstruction of rom-com conventions.
• Reviewers praise the film’s visual ambition and Johnson’s portrayal of a cold, calculating protagonist.
• Many critics, including El Periódico, find the screenplay overly schematic and argue it lacks the emotional depth of Song’s debut, Past Lives.