Plan 75
Kimstim Films | Release Date: April 21, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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100
The PlaylistMarya E. GatesApr 18, 2023
Legislation has passed to fix Japan’s “aging problem,” and temper hate crimes against the elderly: anyone over the age of seventy-five can apply for government-funded assisted suicide. From this bleak premise, Chie Hayakawa’s beautifully humanist Plan 75 takes flight. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 20, 2023
Plan 75 isn’t for or against assisted suicide, but it tenderly laments a society in which “death with dignity” is only offered as compensation for a life without it. Read full review
80
CineVueChristopher MachellMay 15, 2023
This is strong work for a debut feature, and while not presenting assisted suicide itself with the greatest of nuance, Plan 75 is an accomplished portrait of capitalist alienation. Read full review
80
Screen DailyTim GriersonApr 18, 2023
Plan 75 may seem like it’s about ageing, but more accurately it is about the importance of community — the hope that someone will remember us after we’re gone. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comKatie RifeApr 21, 2023
These character arcs play out in subtle, naturalistic ways, with restrained performances that underline the tension between the film’s polite surface and unsettling subtext. Read full review
75
The Film StageRory O'ConnorApr 21, 2023
There are things to cherish: busily moving between sterile offices and boxy, lived-in apartments, the film keeps you guessing about the practicalities and implications of its central conceit to such an extent that its moments of real poignancy can catch you off guard. A lot of this comes down to Baisho’s heartbreaking central performance. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneApr 18, 2023
Because so much of Hayakawa’s film is given over to depictions of the procedures, formalities, and impersonal administration that define Plan 75, even the tiniest spark of feeling comes as a relief. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMay 4, 2023
Hayakawa keeps her story at an intimate and, for the most part, effective human scale. Baisho’s beautifully calibrated performance holds us close, turning Michi’s every step — a brief stint as a traffic guard, a trip to a cafe she once frequented with her husband — into a quiet act of resistance against her perceived uselessness. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldApr 20, 2023
Baisho gets across the creeping despair that morbidity and the loss of community can create — a sensation that lets Plan 75 double as a consummate entry in pandemic-era cinema. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 18, 2023
Plan 75 might have been a risible exercise in emotional manipulation if not for the sensitive tone with which Hiyakawa approaches all of her characters. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 18, 2023
Plan 75 rarely manipulates and never tugs so hard at the heartstrings that it breaks your heart. Honestly, I think it needs to. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeMay 15, 2023
This is subdued storytelling that, while it drags a little in its pacing, asks tough questions about society’s relationship with elderly people. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMay 12, 2023
The high concept becomes a near irrelevance as we struggle with a humanist story that lacks the emotional zest Hirokazu Koreeda habitually brings to related material. The messages are inarguable. The means of delivery leaves something to be desired. Read full review
60
Little White LiesTrevor JohnstonMay 11, 2023
A film of haunting unease, but not perhaps the complete package. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 10, 2023
This is a poignant and weird film. Read full review
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