Materialists – Friday 8th August 2025

I was looking forward to this film. The world needs a resurgence of good romcoms; especially ones that don’t ignore the absolute sh!tshow that is dating in the modern era!

In that regard, I have to say, this film did a pretty good job of conveying the unrealistic expectations of people in the dating ‘market’ (and it most definitely is a market, unfortunately).

The filmmaker is a woman, so there is definitely a bias towards showing that the fault lies as much with men, as it does with women, but the fact of the matter is, women are the ones that decide which men are the ones that go on dates, so if they’re all choosing to date the same type of guy, that’s pretty much their own fault.

The film’s protagonist also behaves in an inconsistent way, just so the story can have a ‘morally acceptable’ but totally unrealistic ending!

Spoiler alert; she left her penniless boyfriend because he was always broke, and then dates a handsome, too good to be true billionaire, who gives her everything she could ever want. Why the fcuk would she then go back to her broke-ass ex? He didn’t suddenly become rich, or change in anyway. She doesn’t seem to have changed either, so it makes absolutely no sense, other than to give her character a redemption arc of going from a ‘materialist, to someone that chooses ‘love’ over money.

The film simply gives us that ending because it wants to perpetuate the myth that a women would choose the love of a broke guy, over the love of a billionaire. Haha! Maybe that’s the comedy party of this ‘romcom’.

Overall, the film was well-made, enjoyable with a nod to the disastrous world of modern dating. The disappointment came in how unrealistic it was! Still, there are no good romcoms around at the moment, and if you’re already in a relationship, it will make you thank the Gods that you’re not single!