Following “Past Lives,” filmmaker Celine Song returns with “Materialists,” starring Dakota Johnson in a romantic comedy with a touch of seriousness.

Dakota Johnson plays a modern-day matchmaker in Celine Song’s bittersweet meditation on love and commerce. When you have such attractive players as Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans looking for love against the gleaming backdrop of modern-day New York — well, you’ve entered rom-com heaven, right?

Celine Song talks 'Materialists,' the release strategy, the influence of 'Sex and the City,' and modern dating in New York City. Interview.

A review of 'Materialists' Celine Song's sublime Romantic Drama with Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal in the world of matchmaking in NYC

Writer-director Celine Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives” is a cynical drama disguised as a rom-com.

Steeped in classic rom-com visuals and chemistry so thick you could cut it with a knife, fans have nothing bad to say about Materialists

As a romance, Celine Song’s Materialists is both modern and timeless. That feeling is captured in “My Baby (Got Nothing At All)”, the new Japanese Breakfast from the Materialists soundtrack. Previously teased in one of the film’s trailers, the track was released on Tuesday ahead of the rest of the album, which debuts when the film does on June 13.

In Celine Song’s Materialists, which hits theaters this Friday, Dakota Johnson plays a professional matchmaker who finds herself torn between a sexy, rich private-equity guy (Pedro Pascal) and her broke-but-good-hearted theater-actor ex (Chris Evans).