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

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?

In ‘Materialists,” Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans make for an alluring and entertaining love triangle.

In Celine Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives,” Dakota Johnson plays a New York City matchmaker caught between a designer Mr. Right and an impoverished ex-boyfriend.

Spoilers for Materialists ahead. Toward the end of Materialists, Celine Song’s exploration of the contradictions of dating and modern love, pragmatic professional matchmaker Lucy (Dakota Johnson) reaches an epiphany.