Materialists was astoundingly good.
I can think of very few films which treat on the subject of shallowness–let alone films which take the subject seriously, explore it forthrightly, and condemn it with appropriate humility.
The first act of Materialists overstates the case for a practical, common sense marriage. The second act explores the limitations of a practical marriage. The third act corrects the excesses of the first act–not with mere sentimentality, but with an appeal to spiritual zeal.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 