Maggie's Plan is a movie starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore along with Maya Rudolph and Bill Hader in supporting roles. In this movie, Greta plays Maggie, a 30 something woman, who really wants to have a baby, but can't stay in a relationship longer than 6 months. Maggie decides to inseminate herself with the help of an old college friend. Things change though when she meets John, played by Ethan Hawke. Maggie slowly finds herself falling for John except there is a problem, he is married to Georgette, played by Julianne Moore. Jump forward a few years and Maggie and John are married and have a young child. Soon Maggie wonders if she made a big mistake and decides she needs to get John and Georgette to reunite. Will she be successful or will she have ruined not only her life but those around her.
Maggie's Plan ended up being more enjoyable than I thought it would be. The main thing I enjoyed about it was Greta Gerwig's performance. Over the past few years I have seen a couple films with her (Frances Ha and Mistress America) as the lead and they have all been enjoyable. When she is on the big screen she just seems to shine and you can't help but enjoy seeing her. Ethan Hawke was also fun to watch in this movie. Both Ethan and Greta together just worked, you could feel the chemistry between them. I also felt like Maggie's Plan had this fun energy and pace to it. I was never bored. Scenes just flowed so well together and moved and a great pace. Also I'm really starting to enjoy Bill Hader in these types of more serious roles. With this movie and his performances in The Skeletons Twins and Trainwreck, I wouild like to see Bill in more movies that aren't just Saturday Night Live sketches.
One problem I had with Maggie's Plan was Julianne Moore's accent. I felt that her performance was great but her accent was distracting. It didn't add anything to the character and wasn't needed at all.
Maggie's Plan was a fun movie that has some great performances from it's leads and the supporting cast. Greta Gerwig continues to prove she needs to be in more films. If you are looking for a movie that is a change of pace from most romantic comedies out there then please see Maggie's Plan.
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