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Maggie's Plan Poster
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Release Date: May 20th, 2016

DVD Release Date: August 23rd, 2016

R|1 hr 38 min

Plot Summary
A woman (Greta Gerwig) falls in love with a married man (Ethan Hawke), then devises a strategy to reunite him with his former wife (Julianne Moore) three years later.

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Ida Rohatyn, Wallace Shawn

Director: Rebecca Miller

Genres: Romantic comedy

Production Co: Rachael Horovitz, Freedom Media, Round Films

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics

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  • 80
    Tim GriersonScreen International

    All three leads get stronger as the movie goes along, in part because Miller’s full intention isn’t clear until about halfway through. These characters are foolish without being idiots, which produces a more sophisticated type of comedy. show more

  • 80
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    Ms. Miller proves to be an original, setting her comic characters in motion like mini-planets that spin in eccentric but overlapping orbits. show more

  • 80
    John DeForeThe Hollywood Reporter

    The picture is one part vintage Woody Allen, a few parts Screwball-era comedy of remarriage, and a vigorous shake of Gerwig herself, without whose particular spirit — "so pure," as an admirer puts it here, and "a little stupid" — this scenario might have trouble getting off the ground. show more

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