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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: MATERIALISTS review
Description: In which Kid 1 joins me in reviewing MATERIALISTS (2025), from writer/director Celine Song. Lucy (Dakota Johnson), a successful New York City matchmaker who treats romance as a transactional game of status and finances, finds her pragmatic worldview challenged when she becomes entangled in a complex love triangle. She is forced to choose between Harry (Pedro Pascal), a wealthy and seemingly "perfect" financier who fits all her professional criteria, and John (Chris Evans), a struggling actor and former flame who represents the emotional depth she has long tried to ignore. As she navigates the pressures of high-society expectations and a bur...