Maggie's Plan

Apr 27, 2016

1h 39m

★ 5.7

Overview

Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But three years later, married to John with one daughter, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other?

Genres

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Round Films

Rachael Horovitz Productions

Freedom Media

Locomotive

Hyperion Media Group

Franklin Street

Maggie's Plan Trailers

Cast

Maggie Hardin

Greta Gerwig

John Harding

Ethan Hawke

Georgette Nørgaard

Julianne Moore

Tony

Bill Hader

Felicia

Maya Rudolph

Guy Childers

Travis Fimmel

Justine Harding

Mina Sundwall

Paul Harding

Jackson Frazer

Lily Harding

Ida Rohatyn

Kliegler

Wallace Shawn

Al Bentwaithe

Alex Morf

Komiko

Sue Jean Kim

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