Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
- Prix
- 6 nominations au total
- Sophie
- (as Zoë Winters)
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It's been marketed like a rom-com - but honestly? If you're heading in expecting laughs, you'll be disappointed. What you get instead is a sharp, quietly melancholic study on modern love, dating, and loneliness in the big city. It's not so much about romance as it is about emotional bankruptcy - the way ambition, money, and appearances slowly chip away at real connection.
The story follows Lucy, a matchmaker who views relationships like transactions, caught between two opposites: Harry, rich and polished, and John, her sweet but struggling ex. But the real tension isn't between them - it's in her. What does she actually want? Love, comfort, validation? Or just a life that looks good on paper?
Celine Song's style is unmistakable - lingering shots, dialogue that feels like internal monologue, and a quiet ache humming underneath it all. At times, it almost felt like watching a late-era Woody Allen film - not in tone, but in that subtle, creeping sense of urban melancholy. By the end, I didn't feel uplifted. I felt... thoughtful. A bit heavy, even.
This is a film about the emotional numbness that sneaks in when we live our lives through filters - digital and otherwise. About the loneliness hiding behind perfect apartments and curated dating profiles. And how love (or at least the idea of it) gets commodified without us even noticing.
Not a rom-com. Not really even a romance. More of a character study. A mood piece. A quiet critique. And once I let go of what I thought it was meant to be, I found I really liked it, and I hope you do too.
The three principals are at the top of their game in this charming but layered film that doesn't quite fit the bill of an archetypal romantic comedy. A darker, more hard-hitting subplot adds some degree of unpredictability. A beguiling soundtrack adds a feeling of wonder. While there were moments when I wished the film could have been bolder, it still delivered and drove home the point about how extremely difficult the dating world in New York can be for men and women alike. You have the enormous pool of dating prospects, the mercurial expectations, a touch of unhappiness and the specter of hope in the distance. That's my way of saying I enjoyed this film very much. Gladly recommended.
Unfortunately the same style and formula made for Past Lives didn't work this time with Materialists. The storytelling of body language, lack of words, the lack of explanation, lack details in their dialogue, the simplicity didn't really add to the story where as Past Lives worked perfectly.
Sorry if I compare it to Past Lives, I know I shouldn't they're both completely different. Besides its not fair.
I think this movie could have been great if the writer would've written the screenplay as realistic as possible. The movie would hit completely different.
I love Pedro Pascal, I'm a fan of his and have posters of him in my room and stuff. Dakota and Chris are great actors, in general the actors did what they could with the script they were given.
Even though I was underwhelmed I was thoroughly entertained the whole time I watched the movie and that's what movies are supposed to do. Maybe it deserves a higher score.
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- AnecdotesWriter/director Celine Song's name is listed as the playwright for John's play on a poster outside the theater, because the play is actually a real one she wrote back in 2016.
- Citations
Lucy: Patricia, I know that every year you go without having a husband raises your expectations for him exponentially. But that doesn't mean that you're due to get one. And it doesn't mean that you can customize, because this is not a simulation. If the service I was providing you was building you a man, then of course I can build you a man with everything on this list. But I can't, because this is not a car or a house. We're talking about people. People are people are people are people. They come as they are. And all I can hope to find for you is a man that you can tolerate for the next fifty years, who likes you at all. And you are not a 'catch', because you are not a fish.
- Générique farfeluAt the end of credits scene of people getting married, the cave people are seen happily walking out of the room together.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Một Nửa Hoàn Hảo
- Lieux de tournage
- Crested Hen Farms, High Falls New York, ÉTATS-UNIS(The outdoor wedding scene at the barn outside of New York City.)
- sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 20 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 33 524 258 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 11 338 642 $ US
- 15 juin 2025
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 45 791 406 $ US
- Durée1 heure 56 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1