Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, and Julianne Moore star in a witty new screwball comedy that tries to make sense of modern love. From director Rebecca Miller.
“A delight. Greta Gerwig and Ethan Hawke make for a winning couple in Rebecca Miller’s unpredictable New York-set lark, and Julianne Moore steals the show.”
– Nigel M. Smith, The Guardian
“Cleareyed, generous and funny — tart but not sour, sweet but not too sweet. Like a pickle.”
– A.O. Scott, The New York Times
“I love movies like this. Movies where we eavesdrop on smart, self-involved, deeply flawed and consistently interesting people.”
– Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
“Buoyed by faultless actors who mesh beautifully, Miller’s film tickles you with laughs that can – suddenly or even days later – choke you up with emotion.”
– Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore make a pleasing triangle in Rebecca Miller’s offbeat romantic comedy.”
– Dennis Harvey, Variety
In Rebecca Miller’s witty, modern romantic comedy MAGGIE’S PLAN, Greta Gerwig portrays Maggie Hardin, a vibrant and practical thirty-something New Yorker working at the New School who, without success in finding love, decides now is the time to have a child on her own.
But when she meets John Harding (Ethan Hawke), a “ficto-critical anthropologist” and struggling novelist, Maggie falls in love for the first time, and adjusts her plans for motherhood.
Complicating matters, John is in a strained marriage with Georgette Nørgaard (Julianne Moore), a brilliant Danish academic.
With a Greek chorus of Maggie’s eccentric and hilarious best friends Tony and Felicia (played by Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph) observing wryly from the sidelines, Maggie sets into motion a new plan that catapults her into a nervy love triangle with John and Georgette; intertwining their lives and connecting them in surprising and the humorous new ways. Maggie learns that sometimes destiny should be left to its own devices.
MAGGIE’S PLAN is a sweet, sophisticated and funny exploration of the unexpected complexities of modern romance, mixing heart and humor in a story of the delightful variability of relationships over the course of time. (C) Sony Pictures Classics
