These are the material facts of Materialists: perfect length. Good kissing. Gorgeous actors. So-so dialogue. Beautiful colour grading. Distinctive score and soundtrack. But did it feel like love at first sight? Not so much.
When the first trailer dropped in March, the ever-thirsty romcom community started to salivate in a Pavlovian fashion. A canny, attractive female lead played by a well-liked actress (Dakota Johnson) with an unconventional job (professional matchmaker) who’s caught in a love triangle between two ridiculously good looking men (Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal)? Tick! Tick! Tick!
