Review of Maggie's Plan (2016) by Heather M — 07 Sep 2016

A nice little New York movie. Fair acting but Mediocre at best.

This review of Maggie's Plan (2016) was written by Heather M on 07 Sep 2016.

Maggie's Plan has generally received positive reviews.

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At its core, Maggie's Plan is an unconventional romantic comedy that also serves as a dose of therapy for those who may be feeling at a crossroads…

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By Red S (22) on 28 Nov 2016

The ACCENTS! Julianne Moore is usually wonderful, here she absolutely butchers a Danish(?!!) accent…

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By Cesar Q (148) on 04 Oct 2016

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 11 Nov 2016

The movie doesn't refrain from using many of the same genre conventions that it seems to believe it's escaping from. [Full review in Portuguese.]…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 09 Oct 2016

Romantic comedies that feature pregnancy as a dramatic motor are unanimously, and without exception, awful…

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By Dave C (1,370) on 14 Dec 2016

You put Greta Gerwig together with Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore and add some great dialogue and you almost pull it off..except for the ending…

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By Mike Mccahill (552) for MovieMail (70) on 13 Dec 2016

The juice of Maggie's Plan is all in the writing, however, and there's something quasi-mathematical in the way this triangle keeps reformulating,…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 26 Feb 2017

It was a cute movie, Ethan Hawke seems to cutify every movie he's in…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 27 Dec 2016

It has charm, mischief, provocation, astringent wit…

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By José Martín (128) for El antepenúltimo mohicano (311) on 31 Oct 2016

An impersonal and erratic film, crowned with an anticlimactic end, that is only suitable for less demanding fans of this type of urban comedies…

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