Maggie's Plan

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 20, 2016

6.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 64 Ratings

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DUMBFREDDYJun 26, 2016

Don't Let any positive reviews here FOOL you !! Written by FOOLS. This is a Pretentious, superficial piece of ....... you know what. Actually HORRIBLE!!! The Dialogue alone s BEYOND vomit worthy. Attempting to be Woody Allen isk A HUGEDon't Let any positive reviews here FOOL you !! Written by FOOLS. This is a Pretentious, superficial piece of ....... you know what. Actually HORRIBLE!!! The Dialogue alone s BEYOND vomit worthy. Attempting to be Woody Allen isk A HUGE MAJOR FAIL!!! In the GREAT WOODY ALLEN movies if a character is pretentious the audience is IN ON IT NOT SO HERE OH MY GOSH RUN THE OTHER WAY SO BAD SO HORRIBLY BAD. A good cast directed by a spoiled rotten delusional girl whosE father was FAMOUS and rightfully so
- CLEARLY TALENT skipped a generation here. This is all the time i wish to spend GO SEE ANYTHING BUT THIS Unless you like Pretentious pieces of crap… Expand

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EarlsmamaJun 24, 2016

Boring, unfunny, contrived film that I am amazed made it to the film festivals, distributors, movie screens. The handful of people in the theatre with me were largely unresponsive to this stunted production. Ridiculous plot with insipidBoring, unfunny, contrived film that I am amazed made it to the film festivals, distributors, movie screens. The handful of people in the theatre with me were largely unresponsive to this stunted production. Ridiculous plot with insipid characters who were supposed to be funny. Julianne Moore's accent was a mystery; Gerwig was the usual Gerwig; poor direction, poor script, I found this movie to be a complete waste of time.… Expand

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GreatMartinJun 14, 2016

Watching "Maggie's Plan" a few thoughts went through my mind starting with the role of Maggie was begging for a 25 year old Meg Ryan and Greta Gerwig is not her. Meryl Streep better watch out if Julianne Moore decides to give her a run forWatching "Maggie's Plan" a few thoughts went through my mind starting with the role of Maggie was begging for a 25 year old Meg Ryan and Greta Gerwig is not her. Meryl Streep better watch out if Julianne Moore decides to give her a run for believable accents and Moore should insist that Malgopsia Turzanska never be the costume designer on any of her future movies.

Rebecca Miller, screenwriter and director of "Maggie's Plan", aims partially at being a Hollywood old screwball comedy but doesn't have the pace to succeed. She also tries to bring it into the modern world with Maggie (Gerwig) deciding to be a single mother and eventually picks Guy (Travis Fimmel), a pickle artisian, to donate his sperm, (Why is hard to understand!) and even though he is willing to do it the old way she sends him to the bathroom. On that day she also starts an affair with married to Georgette (Julianne Moore) John (Ethan Hawke) an archaeologist who writes books and lectures but is in the shadow of his wife's accomplishment as a Columbia professor.

All of a sudden we see Maggie with her daughter a couple of years later, married to John, being involved with his and Georgette's children and falling out of love with John. Her plan is to reunite Georgette and John. In the middle of the movie Miller tries to alternate between an old fashioned romantic comedy, a screwball comedy, a farce and sentimentality, failing at all.

Moore and Hawke are excellent in roles that are more complex than they seem to be while Mina Sundwall, as their daughter, brings gravitas to her role when needed while Jackson Frazer, as her younger brother, is a blond hair impish boy. Bill Hader as an old friend and short love interest of Maggie's when they were in school is good showing he cares for her expressing anger at how she tries to control her and everyone she becomes involved with.

The scenes between Gerwig and Ida Rohaytn, playing her daughter Lily, are delightful adding a lot of charm to the film but aside from that, sorry, Meg Ryan was missed by me. Maya Rudolph, as Hader's wife and Gerwig's friend, once again fails to impress me.

"Maggie's Plan" is less than Rebecca Miller seemed to be aiming for but for 98 minutes it took me away from what was going on in the world outside of movies.

PS As an aside, I never heard, or maybe just wasn't aware of, an archaeologist book writer and lecturer until I met Allen's friend who is a successful archaeologist book writer and lecturer!!… Expand

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foxgroveJul 15, 2016

The silly season is not lifted one iota by this critically lauded, but extremely overrated comedy- drama. Comparisons can be made to a bad Woody Allen outing in so much as the film is set in New York and has a very verbose script, butThe silly season is not lifted one iota by this critically lauded, but extremely overrated comedy- drama. Comparisons can be made to a bad Woody Allen outing in so much as the film is set in New York and has a very verbose script, but similarities end there. Whereas Allen at his best employs great actors in good stories this verbiage finally adds up to nothing more than pretentious drivel. Despite a good start with early scenes promising an Art house level of sophisticated articulation, it’s not long before the eyes glaze over, the ears tune out and one is left to endure a bunch of uninteresting characters espousing little more than blah, blah, blah. All three leads are not at their best. Greta Gerwig is still Greta who? Julianne Moore continues to lose her edge in yet another downward spiral performance and even Ethan Hawke is the weakest he’s been for years. In fact, it is the supporting turn of Bill Hader that impresses most as Gerwig’s ‘say it as it is’ best friend. Ultimately the film is neither funny nor dramatic enough to make one care about any of these tiresome characters and their predicaments are totally uninvolving. As for the jolly incidental music, this is just another irritating aspect of a small and insignificantly forgettable film.… Expand

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Waveguide3Jun 18, 2016

I wish I'd spent my money on any other movie in the theater. Maggie's Plan is listed as a "romantic comedy" but it was neither romantic or funny. Sorry, but it wasn't entertaining at all. In the entire audience there was only one lightI wish I'd spent my money on any other movie in the theater. Maggie's Plan is listed as a "romantic comedy" but it was neither romantic or funny. Sorry, but it wasn't entertaining at all. In the entire audience there was only one light chuckle. Maya Rudolf had only a minimal part. There was one "gratuitous" bare breast and absolutely no story worth the time or money to see it.… Expand

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