Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
What is Materialists about?
Is Materialists worth watching?
How to watch Materialists at home
The best HBO Max streaming deals
The best streaming deals to watch ‘Materialists’ at home:
Best ad-free HBO Max deal
Max Standard
$184.99/year
(save $36.89)
Best HBO Max deal for students
HBO Max Student
$5.49 per month for 12 months
(save 50%)
Get HBO Max for free
HBO Max Basic With Ads
Free for Cricket customers on the $60/month unlimited plan
(save $10.99/month)
In 2023, Celine Song made a name for herself as an emerging queen of relationship dramas with her Academy Award-nominated debut feature Past Lives. In 2025, her second movie, Materialists, has audiences swooning over yet another love triangle. This time around, we’re given a cast that the internet is already obsessed with in Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, and Dakota Johnson.
A24 gave us a masterclass in marketing over the summer with Materialists, which made it a surprising box office hit. If you missed the star-studded rom-com in theaters, it’s now officially streaming. Here’s what you need to know to tune in — including where and when to watch it, and the cheapest way to do so.
What is Materialists about?
The logline from A24 teases: “A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.” Lucy (Johnson) is the matchmaker who helps other couples find their happily ever after, while dubbing herself an “eternal bachelorette.” Of course, that’s about to change when two potential suitors crash into her life: Harry (Pascal), a rich and attractive bachelor looking to sweep her off her feet, and John (Evans), Lucy’s equally attractive ex-boyfriend, looking to give it another go.
Check out the gorgeous love triangle in the official trailer:
Is Materialists worth watching?
“On paper, Materialists is perfection,” Mashable’s Kristy Puchko writes in her review. “It’s a love triangle romantic comedy, headlined by three movie stars with which the internet is absolutely obsessed: Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, and Pedro Pascal.” If you’re a fan of those three, that’s reason enough to tune in. However, as Puchko notes, it’s hard to divorce the actors’ larger-than-life personas from the characters they’re trying to portray. “As grounded and real as Materialists aims to be, it’s hard to overlook its big, shining stars to see that gritty authenticity,” she writes.
Materialists did well at the worldwide box office, likely due to its star-studded cast, and the reviews are largely positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 78 percent critic rating and 66 percent audience rating, with a consensus that Song is a “modern master of relationship dramas.”
Check out Mashable’s full review of Materialists.
How to watch Materialists at home
Credit: A24
The A24 rom-com made its at-home debut via digital video-on-demand platforms like Prime Video and Fandango at Home back in July, following a successful summer theatrical run. After a few months of waiting, it’s now made its streaming debut on HBO Max. See all the details below.
Buy or rent on digital
Materialists is available on digital video-on-demand platforms as of July 22. You can either buy the movie for your digital library or rent it for 30 days. Just note that although you’ll have 30 days to watch, you’ll only have 48 hours to finish watching once you begin.
You can purchase and rent the film at the following retailers:
$5.99 to rent, $12.99 to buy
Stream it on HBO Max
A24 has a multi-year output deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, which means new A24 theatrical releases exclusively stream on HBO Max before anywhere else. Materialists is no different. It made its streaming debut on HBO Max on Nov. 7, 2025.
HBO Max subscriptions now start at $10.99 per month (thanks to a recent price hike), but there are a few different ways to save some money on your plan. Check out the best HBO Max streaming deals below.
The best HBO Max streaming deals
Best for most people: Save 16% on HBO Max Basic annual subscription
$109.99 per year (save $21.89)
HBO Max Basic plans with ads usually cost $10.99 per month, but if you pay for an entire year upfront, that price drops down to just $9.17. You’ll have to pay the full $109.99 all at once, but it ends up saving you about 16% compared to paying each month.
Mashable Deals
Best Max deal with no ads: Save up to 16% on HBO Max Standard annual subscription
$184.99 per year (save $36.89)
For those who need an ad-free viewing experience, the annual HBO Max Standard or Premium plans will also save you about 16% over the monthly plans. The Standard tier is $18.49 month-by-month or $184.99 per year, which breaks down to only $15.42 per month. Meanwhile, the Premium tier costs either $22.99 per month or $229.99 per year. That breaks down to just $19.17 per month. Both tiers will give you an ad-free experience, but the Premium tier also adds 4K Ultra HD video quality, Dolby Atmos immersive audio, and the ability to download more offline content.
Get HBO Max for free: Get the Cricket Supreme Unlimited plan
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Free for Cricket customers on the Supreme Unlimited plan
One way to get HBO Max for free in 2025 is by switching your phone plan to Cricket’s $60 per month Supreme Unlimited plan. It includes HBO Max Basic with ads at no extra cost — that’s a $10.99 per month value. When you open up the HBO Max app or website, you’ll just choose Cricket as your provider and use your credentials to log in.
Get HBO Max for free: Sign up for DashPass annual plan
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Free with DashPass annual plan ($96/year)
Here’s another way to get HBO Max for free in 2025: Sign up for the DoorDash DashPass annual plan for $96 per year ($8 per month). A DashPass membership includes $0 delivery fees and reduced service fees on eligible DoorDash orders all year long, plus a complimentary HBO Max subscription (with ads). That means you’ll pay just $8 per month for both DashPass and HBO Max, which is cheaper than a typical HBO Max with ads monthly subscription on its own.
Best HBO Max deal for students: Save 50% on HBO Max Basic with ads
$5.49 per month for 12 months
College students can get an entire year of HBO Max with ads for half price. Just verify your student status through UNiDAYS and retrieve the unique discount code to drop the price from $10.99 to $5.49 per month for 12 months.
Best bundle deal: Get HBO Max, Disney+, and Hulu for up to 41% off
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$19.99 per month (with ads), $32.99 per month (no ads)
Even with the rising costs, Disney’s bundle deals are still the best streaming deals around. You can get Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max for just $19.99 per month with ads. That lineup of streamers separately would cost you $34.97, so you’ll keep an extra $15 in your pocket each month by bundling them together. If you want to go ad-free, it’ll cost you $32.99 per month for the bundle as opposed to paying $56.47 separately. That’s up to 41% in savings for access to all three streaming libraries.
