‘Maggie’s Plan’ Trailer: Greta Gerwig Isn’t So Sure About Ethan Hawke
It’s no secret that love has a way of complicating things, both in the movies and in life, butMaggie’s Plantakes these complications to the next level.Greta Gerwigstars as Maggie, a 30something New Yorker who’s decided the time is right for her to try and get pregnant on her own. Then she meets and falls for a professor named John (Ethan Hawke), who’s unhappily married to Georgette (Julianne Moore), and all of Maggie’s plans go out the window.
TheRebecca Miller-directed comedy has been making the rounds on the festival circuit for the past several months, and now it’s finally on its way into theaters. Watch the firstMaggie’s Plantrailer after the jump.
Entertainment Weeklypremiered the firstMaggie’s Plantrailer.
TheMaggie’s Plantrailer seems to show kind of a lot, no? I haven’t actually seen the movie, so for all I know this is all stuff covered in the first 20 minutes. But it feels like a lot of plot to reveal in a trailer that’s intended to get audiences to get to the theater and find out what happens. Then again, Maggie’s plan to reunite John and Georgette is what separatesMaggie’s Planfrom a dozen other indie romcoms about stuffy New York intellectuals falling in and out of love, so maybe it makes sense for Sony Classics' marketing team to play up that aspect of the movie.
Leaving that aside,Maggie’s Planlooks like fun stuff.Saturday Night LivevetsBill HaderandMaya Rudolphare on hand to comment on the proceedings, though they’re comparatively toned down. Gerwig continues to show why she’s the reigning queen of indies, while Hawke gets to play another one of those attractive yet slightly off-putting men who can’t quite seem to grow up. And Moore’s slightly terrifying intellectual has shades of Maude Lebowski, albeit with a much thicker accent.
