'Materialists' fails to distinguish itself from standard romantic dramas

Billed as an improvement on the romantic genre, it's just more of the same with better acting.

“Materialists” is a fine movie, but there’s nothing special about it.

Advance chatter on the Celine Song film promised a more introspective, nuanced story than the usual romantic drama. It isn’t.

Any regular consumer of Hollywood plots knows what’s going to happen once we meet the three main characters. Dakota Johnson plays Lucy, a professional matchmaker…