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.

The director Celine Song follows up her “Past Lives” with a side-eyeing update on the rom-com, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.

While the film may not be everybody’s cup of tea, overall critical response so far has been positive, with Celine Song’s sophomore effort drawing 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. It will be interesting to see how audiences react to Materialists, especially if they go in expecting a “silly” rom-com. Catch it in theaters starting Friday, June 13.

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).