For Academy Award-nominated director Celine Song, her sophomore film Materialists lifts from a chapter in her life as a matchmaker in New York City. Song based her character Lucy around that career, ...

Dakota Johnson stars as Lucy, a professional matchmaker in New York City, who hooks her clients up with partners based on absurdly specific, and frequently unrealistic criteria. To Lucy, who has been ...

Dakota Johnson, left, and Chris Evans pose with a Pedro Pascal head cutout at the premiere of "Materialists" at the DGA New York Theater on Saturday, June 7, 2025, in New York.

Materialists review: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal present and insightful take on the modern love story Updated on: 14 June,2025 07:09 PM IST | Mumbai Johnson Thomas | mailbag@mid ...

Johnson has two films at the festival, Celine Song’s surprise sleeper Materialists and Michael Angelo Corvino’s Cannes hit Splitsville, both female-skewed, adult romcoms set in the modern world of ...

That film is “Materialists,” a modern-day New York love story starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans that’s heading to theaters on June 13.

Song and Johnson spoke with The Associated Press about the film, falling in love and the modern marketplace of dating. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.