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Chad Byrnes

  • Post Production Manager, American Humane
  • Writer, Freelance
Los Angeles
As seen in: Flipboard, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, Sierra News Online, Marina Times, The Laker and Lutz News, Irvine Weekly
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Review: ‘Materialists’ looks to bend the rom-com into a new shape

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By Chad Byrnes
| Marina Times Verified
Korean Canadian filmmaker Celine Song brings her pensive touch to the classic rom-com in Materialists, her follow-up to 2023’s Past Lives, attempting to subvert the genre and deconstruct it to its finest thread. Unlike in the romps from the ’90s with Sandra Bullock or Hugh Grant, Song contextualizes the pitfalls of dating as a more serious enterprise than you’d expect — nobody face-plants or acts like a clown to engender laughs.
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Review: ‘Materialists’ Looks to Bend the Rom-Com Into a New Shape

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By Chad Byrnes
| LA Weekly Verified
Korean Canadian filmmaker Celine Song brings her pensive touch to the classic rom-com in Materialists, her follow-up to 2023’s Past Lives, attempting to subvert the genre and deconstruct it to its finest thread. Unlike in the romps from the ’90s with Sandra Bullock or Hugh Grant, Song contextualizes the pitfalls of dating as a more serious enterprise than you’d expect — nobody face-plants or acts like a clown to engender laughs.
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‘Materialists’ Looks to Bend the Rom-Com Into a New Shape

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By Chad Byrnes
| The Village Voice Verified
Korean Canadian filmmaker Celine Song brings her pensive touch to the classic rom-com in Materialists, her follow-up to 2023’s Past Lives, attempting to subvert the genre and deconstruct it to its finest thread. Unlike in the romps from the ’90s with Sandra Bullock or Hugh Grant, Song contextualizes the pitfalls of dating as a more serious enterprise than you’d expect — nobody face-plants or acts like a clown to engender laughs.
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