Chicago Sun-Times

Its chief virtue is its lead performance, in which twin brothers are played by a promising new Argentinian actor named Viggo Mortensen.

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.

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.

Slant Magazine

Ana Piterbarg's handsome, if uninvolving, film privileges mood over narrative and dumb brooding over character.

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.

Observer by Rex Reed

My boy Viggo is always fascinating, but the movie is a concept searching for a story.

Time Out

The artist formerly known as Aragorn remains an engrossing screen presence, but this campy thriller is a tad too close to simply having him sing the telephone directory.

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.

Village Voice

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 Post by Kyle Smith

Argentina’s noir Everybody Has a Plan is as sludgy as the river delta in which it takes place.