Maggies Plan (2015)

Maggies Plan: Directed by Rebecca Miller. With Greta Gerwig, George Ashiotis, Bill Hader, Monte Greene. Maggie wants to have a baby, raising him on her own, but when she gets romantically involved with John, a married man, things get complicated and all the balance of Maggie’s plans may collapse.

“New Yorker Maggie Hardin (Greta Gerwig) wants to have a baby. Her relationships never last more than six months except her college romance with best friend Tony (Bill Hader) but that doesnu0026#39;t count. She decides to get sperm from college acquaintance, pickle entrepreneur Guy Childers. She works at an art school with Tonyu0026#39;s wife Felicia (Maya Rudolph) and John Harding (Ethan Hawke). Maggie and John meet over a paycheck mixup and start a relationship over a novel heu0026#39;s trying to write. Heu0026#39;s unhappily married to Columbia professor Georgette (Julianne Moore) with two kids.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe appeal of this movie depends a lot on oneu0026#39;s appreciation of Gerwigu0026#39;s flighty, quirky persona. Itu0026#39;s a rom-com where the romance is not the most likable. Harding starts off poorly and I never find him a good match for Maggie. Even the pickle guy is better although Tony could be the best if there is no Felicia. Iu0026#39;m actually glad at the turn in the second half of the movie and it becomes an anti-rom-com. The funniest relationship is between Maggie and Georgette. The movie could do with more of them together.”