Argentina, Spain, Germany · 2012
Rated R · 1h 53m
Director Ana Piterbarg
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil, Daniel Fanego, Javier Godino
Genre Drama, Thriller
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Pedro, a humble beekeeper who lives in the mysterious Argentinian region of the Delta del Tigre, travels to Buenos Aires to visit his twin brother Agustín, a successful but troubled pediatrician with marital issues, to give him bad news and ask him for a favor hard to fulfill, a unexpected arrival which will change Agustín's life forever.
An identity crisis is at the heart of Everybody Has a Plan—but it's the film's. Even Viggo Mortensen's movingly enigmatic performance as identical twins can't help first-time Argentinean director Ana Piterbarg decide whether she is making an existential tone poem or a brutish thriller.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
It’s not easy to play twins (in another language, no less), without relying on showy mannerisms to define them. But Mortensen pulls it off. Your move, Franco.
Argentina’s noir Everybody Has a Plan is as sludgy as the river delta in which it takes place.
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
Apart from the novelty of seeing Mortensen act in Spanish, there’s virtually nothing of interest, and even he does little more than confirm that a performance can be monosyllabic in any language.
The New York Times by Rachel Saltz
Mr. Mortensen keeps you watching, even when the movie’s storytelling underwhelms. But Everybody Has a Plan is less about story than about texture and atmosphere. They stay with you, as does the haunted visage of Agustín, drifting on the delta waters.
My boy Viggo is always fascinating, but the movie is a concept searching for a story.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
The noir-ish contours of writer-director Ana Piterbarg's story yield a frustratingly dissipated movie, one with few storytelling pleasures and an overabundance of forced mood.
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