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      Change of Plans

      Released Aug 27, 2010 1h 40m Comedy Drama List
      50% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 33% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Friends attending a dinner party act like a dysfunctional family. Read More Read Less

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      Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times A tasty French romantic comedy diversion with just a touch of seriousness thrown into the mix. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 28, 2010 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle In sum, it's a good, not great, movie of a type I like but that most people don't. Rated: 3/4 Sep 10, 2010 Full Review Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com There's nothing even a little bit original about any of this, but in a way that's the point. Sep 1, 2010 Full Review John Esther UR Chicago Magazine Supported by mild jokes and concluding with a trough of trivial narrative closures, 'Change of Plans' not only fails to offer anything original (Oh, Voltaire), the direction is noticeable for its incompetence Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total Una comedia agridulce ms bien previsible, intrascendente, para nada memorable, aunque no exenta de cierto encanto inocente. Rated: 3/5 Oct 7, 2010 Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International ...the light cinematic menu served here offers little more than a confusing pot au feu of guests and their problems. Aug 31, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member funny srothy rom-com 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 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 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 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Friends attending a dinner party act like a dysfunctional family.
      Director
      Danièle Thompson
      Producer
      David Poirot-Gozlan
      Screenwriter
      Christopher Thompson, Danièle Thompson
      Distributor
      IFC Films
      Production Co
      TF1 Films Productions, Thelma Film AG, Studio Canal, Alter Films
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 27, 2010, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 9, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $44.2K
      Runtime
      1h 40m
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