…a film made by top female talent that deals with a woman’s personal dilemma with tact and taste…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 9, 2023

It's as silly as it sounds, but Gerwig carries the film in her wide eyes, and it also features a fearsome Julianne Moore sporting a Russian accent, and what more do we want from cinema at the end of the day?

| Oct 1, 2021

A charmingly hopeful romantic pickle...

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 5, 2021

The well-heeled, utterly self-involved milieu present in Maggie's Plan cries out for scathing satire, something Miller largely sidesteps.

| Feb 26, 2021

Gerwig's electric performance shows a woman who is determined to get what she wants and is unsatisfied with leaving her life up to fate, a woman who is still allowed to change her mind even when she thinks she has it all.

| Feb 11, 2021

While Maggie's Plan lacks the deftly combustible elements that fuel [Rebecca] Miller's top-drawer work, it's worth catching for Gerwig, who's a true original.

| Jun 10, 2020

Miller wraps the whole complex, tragicomic affair up in a brisk 98 minutes, which should serve as an example to the directors of the bloated tentpoles propping up the major studios.

| Jan 14, 2020

Quirky Greta Gerwig goodness.

| Nov 3, 2019

I found it light and breezy with charismatic performances.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 2, 2019

It sticks with familiar styles but does so with unique ideas and heartfelt panache.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2019

Though it's a romcom with a rather rarified setting, it's a great watch -- it's beautifully crafted and the dialogue is witty and funny.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 20, 2019

Sweet but analytical and pragmatic in its approach to exploring the ways of navigating partnership, parenthood and personal values.

| Jan 16, 2019

Gerwig is the perfect choice for the material, an actress who conveys a wittiness that always seems like she is one or two steps ahead of everyone else in the room -- even when she is one or two steps behind.

| Original Score: B | Jan 15, 2019

Rebecca Miller's film feels a lot like a Woody Allen film; great, jazzy score, deeply felt New York inhabitants and a quick wit from a smart and funny script.

| Aug 27, 2018

A quick but powerful look into relationships between well-written, well-executed characters.

| Aug 23, 2018

Maggie's Plan is a comedy drama of Brooklyn manners you will either find delightful (if you enjoy gabby pictures and Gerwig) or monstrously irritating. Four stars gives my position away.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2018

[Maggie's Plan is] plainly shot, casually paced and at times horribly repetitive.

| Aug 23, 2018

It works as a screwball comedy if you're willing to embrace its strange, but strong charm, as well as its ridiculous scheming later on in the movie. It gets a bit awkward, but the actors' banter at least saves it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2018

At its core, Maggie's Plan is an unconventional romantic comedy that also serves as a dose of therapy for those who may be feeling at a crossroads in their own personal lives.

| Aug 6, 2018

Even if Maggie's Plan is not a great comedy, it is a work of intelligence that succeeded in surprising me, especially after Miller's earlier films.

| Jan 10, 2018