Toward the beginning of “Materialists,” Lucy (Dakota Johnson), a matchmaker for the New York City elite, sits with a colleague discussing the men and women of the NYC dating pool as though they were brands: is there a niche market for a particular woman, how does a man’s height affect his market value, etc.
This is how Lucy sees dating. As a matchmaker, she operates as a human Hinge, taking in information about someone’s looks, salary, and politics, and quickly doing the math to find another combination of looks, salary, and politics that would best fit that person. But she doesn’t really date herself. After all, dating is work – and rather painful work at that. ”I’m going to die alone,” she tells her colleague. “Or get a rich husband.”
The colleague scoffs: “Same thing.”
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