Review of Maggie's Plan (2016) by Drew B — 21 Jun 2016

Rebecca Miller's finest film to date harkens back the Woody Allen Golden Era of film, when goofy comedy and intellectualism could flow together seamlessly. One original, heartrending scene comes when Maggie (Gerwig) and and John (Ethan Hawke) get to know each other in her apartment; it is part funny, part romantic, and part thoracotomy.

At the onset, all three characters (Gerwig, Hawke, and Julianne Moore as the Scandinavian woman scorned) seem like comic caricatures of the waffling 30ish woman, the self-absorbed professor, and the chilly ex .

.. but your opinion on each will change one way, back another, and end up somewhere in the middle. I know, multi-demensional characters! What ever happened to them? Oftentimes, Gerwig's acting is discounted as "playing the same character: .

.. a criticism, mind you, made one of the best acting careers ever for Jack Nicholson. She--along with everyone else--are great, and serve us fine performances from this touching, hilarious, and well-developed script.