Andrew
Materialists
Avg 3.2
The thing that stood out like a sore thumb was the painfully obvious rigid acting from the main actress- a poor casting decision for the lead. Her voice fell flat and she didn’t really have any believable on-screen chemistry with either Evans or Pascal. The plot was predictable and is essentially a rehash of a cliche romcom storyline that has been told a thousand times before. Compared to Past Lives, this storytelling feels like five steps backwards and isn’t as progressive, moving or meaningful as what the script leads you to believe. The first 30min of the film also had very clunky dialogue with poor rhythm almost to the point that it felt like ChatGPT wrote the lines. The ending felt like a fairytale ending but without the fairytale if you know what I mean. All in all it was a subpar film that was mainly carried by a couple of good cinematographic shots and Evans’ charisma.