Everybody Has a Plan
| Release Date: March 22, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 28, 2013
An atmospheric Argentine thriller starring Viggo Mortensen in twin roles (literally), Everybody Has a Plan is in the vein of, if not on the same plane as, Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger." Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesMatt Zoller SeitzMar 20, 2013
Its chief virtue is its lead performance, in which twin brothers are played by a promising new Argentinian actor named Viggo Mortensen. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeJun 1, 2013
Hats off to Viggo Mortensen. He pulls off playing identical twins in this Argentinian thriller, which never quite lives up to his talents. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 1, 2013
It certainly doesn't bore. Read full review
60
EmpireAndrew OsmondMay 20, 2013
Mortensen is on top form - twice over - but while the noir mood gathers like a black cloud, the story frustrates. Read full review
60
Total FilmMatt GlasbyApr 26, 2013
Everybody does indeed have a plan in Ana Piterbarg’s ponderous Argentine noir – problem is, they’re all terrible. Read full review
60
The New York TimesRachel SaltzMar 21, 2013
Mr. Mortensen keeps you watching, even when the movie’s storytelling underwhelms. But Everybody Has a Plan is less about story than about texture and atmosphere. They stay with you, as does the haunted visage of Agustín, drifting on the delta waters. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 21, 2013
It’s not easy to play twins (in another language, no less), without relying on showy mannerisms to define them. But Mortensen pulls it off. Your move, Franco. Read full review
58
Film.comStephanie ZacharekMar 25, 2013
It pulls off the tricky feat of being both commanding and subtle, emerging with its dignity intact. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnMar 26, 2013
Eventually suffers from a lack of new ideas beyond its initial premise that finds the two brothers inadvertently swapping roles. Once that happens, the movie takes one bland twist after another. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMar 20, 2013
Apart from the novelty of seeing Mortensen act in Spanish, there’s virtually nothing of interest, and even he does little more than confirm that a performance can be monosyllabic in any language. Read full review
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Slant MagazineMar 16, 2013
Ana Piterbarg's handsome, if uninvolving, film privileges mood over narrative and dumb brooding over character. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedMar 12, 2013
My boy Viggo is always fascinating, but the movie is a concept searching for a story. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 21, 2013
The noir-ish contours of writer-director Ana Piterbarg's story yield a frustratingly dissipated movie, one with few storytelling pleasures and an overabundance of forced mood. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMarsha McCreadieMar 19, 2013
An identity crisis is at the heart of Everybody Has a Plan—but it's the film's. Even Viggo Mortensen's movingly enigmatic performance as identical twins can't help first-time Argentinean director Ana Piterbarg decide whether she is making an existential tone poem or a brutish thriller. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsMar 19, 2013
The artist formerly known as Aragorn remains an engrossing screen presence, but this campy thriller is a tad too close to simply having him sing the telephone directory. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithMar 22, 2013
Argentina’s noir Everybody Has a Plan is as sludgy as the river delta in which it takes place. Read full review
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