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| Ethan Hawke and Greta Gerwig - Maggie's Plan |
Director and screenwriter, Rebecca Miller has created a somewhat off-beat comedy film with Maggie's Plan. What is this film about and what is its focus ? Is it a satire on the New York intellectual elite? Is it a comment on the nature of modern relationships ? Is it an observation on women and the need for children ? Or simply a meandering muddle through all of the above.
The plot for this film follows the romantic misadventure of career adviser Maggie (Greta Gerwig) and her desire to become a mother. As no particular romantic interest has materialised Maggie decides to go it alone through artificial insemination. Maggie is no Bridget Jones and in the course of her travels runs across writer, John (Ethan Hawke) who falls for her. One problem she must face is John's wife, career academic, Georgette (Julianne Moore). Maggie gets the guy but decides that she would like to hand him back to his ex-wife and so the film plods on.
What is it with the roles taken by Ethan Hawke in recent years? They almost all now appear to be introspective and narcissistic. In Maggie's Plan it is no different and his character in this film can be compared to the insufferable Beyond Midnight in 2013. Greta Gerwig in the principal role as Maggie is little more than a vague almost dithering air-head - perhaps the contrast is intended to be a counterpoint to the intense Julianne Moore (who has been given an impossibly silly foreign accent for her character). This is no portrayal of New York communities, Woody Allen style. The film lacks the black noir of Allen and the sharp dialogue often associated with East Coast films set in New York. Its pleasant enough but little else.
The plot for this film follows the romantic misadventure of career adviser Maggie (Greta Gerwig) and her desire to become a mother. As no particular romantic interest has materialised Maggie decides to go it alone through artificial insemination. Maggie is no Bridget Jones and in the course of her travels runs across writer, John (Ethan Hawke) who falls for her. One problem she must face is John's wife, career academic, Georgette (Julianne Moore). Maggie gets the guy but decides that she would like to hand him back to his ex-wife and so the film plods on.
What is it with the roles taken by Ethan Hawke in recent years? They almost all now appear to be introspective and narcissistic. In Maggie's Plan it is no different and his character in this film can be compared to the insufferable Beyond Midnight in 2013. Greta Gerwig in the principal role as Maggie is little more than a vague almost dithering air-head - perhaps the contrast is intended to be a counterpoint to the intense Julianne Moore (who has been given an impossibly silly foreign accent for her character). This is no portrayal of New York communities, Woody Allen style. The film lacks the black noir of Allen and the sharp dialogue often associated with East Coast films set in New York. Its pleasant enough but little else.
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