New movie Materialists explores the hollow world of high-end dating — but is modern dating merely transactional?

Is modern dating, as depicted in a new movie, more like a shopping trip, with financial wherewithal at the top of the checklist?

Decision time: Dakota Johnson’s matchmaker Lucy is in a love triangle with failing actor John (Chris Evans) and hedge-fund manager Harry (Pedro Pascal) in ‘Materialists’.

What’s love got to do with it?

In a new film about a New York matchmaker, in the glitzy, hollow world of high-end dating, not being rich rules you out as a contender, no matter how hot, charming or clever you are. Materialists, directed by Korean-American writer and director Celine Song, stars Dakota Fanning, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans and is based on Song’s experience of working as a matchmaker in her early 20s.