Change of Plans

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Audience Member Ah yes...I love movies where the plot evolves and thickens out of a simple dinner party...except not I want cheese and wine.... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I love this film!! The characters were delightful and entertaining. The movie spans over a year's time and jumps in time a bit which makes it a little confusing but totally worth it. It won't make you want to fall in love but you will want to throw a dinner party. If you are looking for a good French Film, then this is it!!! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member funny srothy rom-com Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Good ensemble, complex feelings, good expose of different natures of people...finely played and well directed; good enough for me... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review walter m In "Change of Plans," Marie-Laurence(Karin Viard) and her unemployed husband Piotr(Dany Boon) are hosting a dinner party. But Melanie(Marina Fois) calls to say she cannot make it, putting both her patient(Isaballe Cagnat) and Marie-Laurence in an awkward position. So, she invites her flamenco teacher Manuela(Blanca Li) instead. All Melanie wants to do, she thinks, is spend a quiet evening with her husband Alain(Patrick Bruel), an oncologist, but reconsiders, a lot. Sarah(Emmanuelle Seigner) has second thoughts about her dress. Marie-Laurence wishes Jean-Louis(Laurent Stocker) would not come while her sister Juliette(Marina Hands) wishes she had not when she hears her very, very estranged father is set to put in an appearance, leaving her friend Erwann(Patrick Chesnais) only able to talk about the weather. What's most notable about "Change of Plans" is its structure. After the dinner party gets off to a successful start, the movie jumps ahead a year exactly to show how the characters have done, better or worse, in the intervening year while revealing more details about some of the relationships.(If this sounds familiar, then you can credit, blame, and/or curse "Lost.") Otherwise, there is not that much else to distinguish this film except for the setting of the street music festival in Paris(why you would drive then is beyond me), a dancing scene and Melanie's prayers which speak volumes about how the only honesty in modern society occurs behind everybody's back. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member nothing much in this movie showing a gathering of ten people around a dinner party that each have issues : affairs , family , etc... Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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