{"id":4584,"date":"2025-06-13T10:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:36:51","slug":"dakota-johnson-and-pedro-pascals-seductive-materialists-earns-88-rotten-tomatoes-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/dakota-johnson-and-pedro-pascals-seductive-materialists-earns-88-rotten-tomatoes-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal\u2019s \u2018seductive\u2019 Materialists earns 88% Rotten Tomatoes score"},"content":{"rendered":"
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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/11\/dakota-johnson-bizarre-asparagus-murder-dream-glastonbury-headliner-23390306\/\">Dakota Johnson<\/a>, <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/pedro-pascal\/\">Pedro Pascal<\/a>, and Chris Evans, it’s probably not particularly shocking that the new romantic <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/comedy\/\">comedy<\/a> from Past Lives director Celine Song has received rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The movie was released to US audiences on June 13 – although regrettably isn’t crossing the pond until August 15 – and has been met with praise from reviewers who love this ‘deconstruction of the conventional rom-com’.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows Lucy, an ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> City matchmaker (Johnson) who finds herself in a love triangle between her ex, a handsome cater-waiter (Evans) and her new love interest, a handsome, multimillionaire businessman (Pascal).<\/p>\n<p>Things begin to get tricky for Lucy as she must choose between her past and future while she mixes business with romance and struggles to handle the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>With an 88% <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/rotten-tomatoes\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, the critics consensus on the site is favourable and praises the film for its ‘meaty’ performances.<\/p>\n<p>‘A mature deconstruction of the conventional rom-com, Materialists provides its trio of swoon-worthy stars some of their meatiest material yet while reaffirming Celine Song as a modern master of relationship dramas,’ the critics’ consensus affirms. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255019332-d2df.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23404250\" alt=\"This image released by A24 shows Dakota Johnson, left, and Pedro Pascal in a scene from "Materialists." (A24 via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Pedro Pascal stars as Dakota Johnson’s perfect match (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255019394-c23b.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23404248\" alt=\"This image released by A24 shows Dakota Johnson, left, and Pedro Pascal in a scene from "Materialists." (A24 via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The Last of Us actor is every inch the beautiful film star in this leading role (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Film critics have also praised the film as a ‘snappy rom-com’ with some arguing it has rewritten the genre, with others saying it’s stuck to the formula – but in a fun, refreshing way.<\/p>\n<p>‘A seductive, smartly refreshed addition to an impossibly, perhaps irredeemably old-fashioned genre that was once a Hollywood staple,’ said Manohla Dargis for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/12\/movies\/materialists-review-celine-song-dakota-johnson.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>‘[Materialists] marks the emergence of a new genre: the rom-con, not in the sense that it\u2019s against the vicarious pleasures of flirting, seduction and finally finding true love, but that it\u2019s painfully aware of the coldhearted calculation that so often lies beneath,’ said Ann Hornaday for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/06\/12\/materialists-celine-song-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>‘After the spare and almost meditative tone of Past Lives comes this snappy rom-com with serious star power that unapologetically follows the conventions of the genre, which means we can guess where it\u2019s likely going to take us. But the ride is really fun,’ said Karen Gordon for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.original-cin.ca\/posts\/2025\/6\/12\/materialists-past-lives-director-delivers-sparkle-in-a-star-studded-rom-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original Cin.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>‘Tilt \u201cMaterialists\u201d at an angle and it\u2019s the same film as \u201cPast Lives,\u201d only bolder and funnier. Really, Song wants to know whether a sensible girl can justify shackling herself to a broke creative,’ said Amy Nicholson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2025-06-12\/materialists-review-dakota-johnson-chris-evans-pedro-pascal-celine-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles Times. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255019430-dbe0.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23404246\" alt=\"This image released by A24 shows Dakota Johnson, left, and Chris Evans in a scene from "Materialists." (A24 via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The film stars Chris Evans as Lucy’s lover from the past (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Director Celine Song was the mastermind behind the 2023 film Past Lives, which was met with incredible praise and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>Although Materialists marks Song’s second film, the expectations surrounding the New York-based director, playwright, and screenwriter were high, given the success of her first film.<\/p>\n<p>Past Lives was a sombre, more melancholic semi-autobiographical portrayal of a love triangle, which followed two childhood friends over the course of 24 years as they grew apart from one another. <\/p>\n<p>The film has a 95% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes and stars Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@a24\/video\/7505089530869959979\" data-video-id=\"7505089530869959979\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@a24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@a24?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@a24<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>“Materialists is made for an audience in 2025 to talk about love and the way it exists today.” First look behind-the-scenes of Celine Song’s modern rom-com with stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal and Celine herself. In theaters June 13.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - A24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7505089537459358510?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound – A24<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>‘The genre of romance, it’s very easy to dismiss it as girl s**t,’ said Song in a recent interview with A24. ‘But the truth is that love affects all of us.’<\/p>\n<p>Song herself worked as a matchmaker in 2016, so drew on her real-life experiences to tell this romantic story. <\/p>\n<p>‘I’m always trying to make a movie that I want to watch. And to me Materialists is made for the audience in 2025, to talk about love and the way it exists today.<\/p>\n<p>‘It’s completely worthy of cinema.’<\/p>\n<p><em>Materialists hits cinemas in the UK on August 15.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T2M21S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/18\/14\/96314769-0-image-a-1_1742306752861.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-03-18T14:07:13+0000″,”description”:”A matchmaker’s lucrative business is complicated when she falls into a toxic love triangle that threatens her clients. 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