Change of Plans (Le code a changé)
IFC Films | Release Date: August 27, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranOct 28, 2010
By the time this lightly entertaining look at life's emotional crises ends, even the characters you didn't think were sympathetic will have won you over. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
This film isn't boring - it's not scintillating or spellbinding, either, just pleasantly honest and moderately interesting throughout. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Diverting, hectic entertainment, which refuses to take anything too seriously, staking out a middle ground between melodrama and farce. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Change of Plans may not be earth-shattering cinema, but it's masterfully structured and edited (by Sylvie Landra) with a first-rate cast. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Thompson's cast is too large for her to make the best use of her ingenious story-structure. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineRichard Mowe
The Thompsons have a tough task to explain all the machinations in the film's first half but once the scene is set it unravels in an entertaining way, jumping forward a year--but always with flashbacks to that infamous dinner party. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The acting by Seigner, Marina Hands, Karin Viard, Patrick Bruel and other French notables is first-rate, although their characters and what they have to say are trite. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
A comedy of manners in need of Ritalin. Read full review
50
VarietyJordan Mintzer
Two's company, three's a crowd and eight is definitely way more than enough in writer-director Daniele Thompson's mismanaged comic ensembler, Change of Plans. Less a crowdpleaser and more a headscratcher than her previous hit, "Avenue Montaigne." Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The next time you're invited to a French dinner party, you might want to give it a pass, if the tedious proceedings in Change of Plans are any indication. Read full review
45
MovielineEric Hynes
Middling, middle-class entertainment aimed at the midpoint between comedy and drama, mass appeal and sophistication, Change of Plans is eager to please and easy to dismiss. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid Fear
At the very least, this mush pot reminds us that countries other than ours also produce melodramatic mediocrities. Read full review
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