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Materialists

2025 · Romance · Celine Song · 1h 56m

A New York matchmaker who treats dating as a numbers game ends up choosing between a rich client and the broke ex she never got over. Mostly conversation, about money as much as love.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Clearly character-driven

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