"Maggie's Plan" (2015 release; 98 min.) brings the story of Maggie. As the movie opens, we see her walking the streets of New York, meeting with one of her friends and talking about wanting to become a mother. She talks an erstwhile college friend into donating sperm, Then one day she meets John at The New School, where Maggie is a business development director and John a part-time faculty in the Anthropology department. They hit it off, but there is a problem (John is married), or is there? To tell you more would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.
Couple of comments: this is the latest movie from writer-director Rebecca Miller ("The Private Lives of Pippa Lee"). Here, Miller decides to take a lighthearted look (with some serious undertones) at the relationship issues of a young New York woman in her late twenties or maybe early thirties. And who better to cast than Greta Gerwig, who seemingly plays this role in a lot of her films (Lola Versus, Frances Ha, Mistress America). I bet she can do this role in her sleep. But that doesn't mean she doesn't give her usual all. John is played nicely by Ethan Hawke. But for me the big surprise of this movie turns out to be Juliette Moore, here playing John's wife Georgette, a woman originally from Denmark. So yes, Moore does the Danish accent, and their two kids eve speak Danish at times. I think Moore is hilarious as the 'scorned wife'. Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph play the married couple that is friends of Maggie. The movie clips by in a crisp pace, and before I knew it, the theater lights came back on. By the way, if you see the trailer popping up anywhere, run away as fast as you can. It reveals way, way too much of the movie's plot.
"Maggie's Plan" opened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, to great acclaim. The movie finally opened this weekend at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati, and I couldn't wait to see it. The Friday early evening screening where I saw this at what attended okay. I am sure this movie will generate positive word-of-mouth. I know that I enjoyed it, even though there is no new terrain being broken, but the cast is delightful and the tone mostly light. If you have a chance to see this, be it at the theater, on VOD or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray, do not miss it!
Couple of comments: this is the latest movie from writer-director Rebecca Miller ("The Private Lives of Pippa Lee"). Here, Miller decides to take a lighthearted look (with some serious undertones) at the relationship issues of a young New York woman in her late twenties or maybe early thirties. And who better to cast than Greta Gerwig, who seemingly plays this role in a lot of her films (Lola Versus, Frances Ha, Mistress America). I bet she can do this role in her sleep. But that doesn't mean she doesn't give her usual all. John is played nicely by Ethan Hawke. But for me the big surprise of this movie turns out to be Juliette Moore, here playing John's wife Georgette, a woman originally from Denmark. So yes, Moore does the Danish accent, and their two kids eve speak Danish at times. I think Moore is hilarious as the 'scorned wife'. Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph play the married couple that is friends of Maggie. The movie clips by in a crisp pace, and before I knew it, the theater lights came back on. By the way, if you see the trailer popping up anywhere, run away as fast as you can. It reveals way, way too much of the movie's plot.
"Maggie's Plan" opened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, to great acclaim. The movie finally opened this weekend at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati, and I couldn't wait to see it. The Friday early evening screening where I saw this at what attended okay. I am sure this movie will generate positive word-of-mouth. I know that I enjoyed it, even though there is no new terrain being broken, but the cast is delightful and the tone mostly light. If you have a chance to see this, be it at the theater, on VOD or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray, do not miss it!