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Change of Plans(Le Code a changé)

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France · 2009
1h 40m
Director Danièle Thompson
Starring Karin Viard, Dany Boon, Marina Foïs, Patrick Bruel
Genre Comedy, Romance

Marie-Laurence and her unemployed husband Piotr are hosting a summer dinner party. Follow the couple, along with their so-called friends and guests, as they play a game of appearances and try to cover up their own personal troubles over the course of one, chaotic night.

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Movieline by

Middling, middle-class entertainment aimed at the midpoint between comedy and drama, mass appeal and sophistication, Change of Plans is eager to please and easy to dismiss.

70

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

Diverting, hectic entertainment, which refuses to take anything too seriously, staking out a middle ground between melodrama and farce.

70

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

Change of Plans may not be earth-shattering cinema, but it's masterfully structured and edited (by Sylvie Landra) with a first-rate cast.

40

Time Out by David Fear

At the very least, this mush pot reminds us that countries other than ours also produce melodramatic mediocrities.

50

Variety by Jordan Mintzer

Two's company, three's a crowd and eight is definitely way more than enough in writer-director Daniele Thompson's mismanaged comic ensembler, Change of Plans. Less a crowdpleaser and more a headscratcher than her previous hit, "Avenue Montaigne."

60

Boxoffice Magazine by Richard Mowe

The Thompsons have a tough task to explain all the machinations in the film's first half but once the scene is set it unravels in an entertaining way, jumping forward a year--but always with flashbacks to that infamous dinner party.

50

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

The acting by Seigner, Marina Hands, Karin Viard, Patrick Bruel and other French notables is first-rate, although their characters and what they have to say are trite.

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