Maggie's Plan movie starring Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Greta Gerwig puts spin on modern romcom

By Stephanie Bunbury
Updated July 16 2016 - 10:18am, first published July 10 2016 - 12:56pm
Greta Gerwig and Ethan Hawke star in <i>Maggie's Plan</I>.
Greta Gerwig and Ethan Hawke star in <i>Maggie's Plan</I>.
Director Rebecca Miller says love, romance and living together is perfect material for screwball comedy. Photo: Jon Pack
Director Rebecca Miller says love, romance and living together is perfect material for screwball comedy. Photo: Jon Pack
Great Gerwig and Julianne Moore are love rivals in <i>Maggie's Plan</I>. Photo: Jon Pack
Great Gerwig and Julianne Moore are love rivals in <i>Maggie's Plan</I>. Photo: Jon Pack

Does anyone still play the card game Happy Families? Mr Bun, the baker, paired with Mrs Bun; you then flipped through the cards for the little buns and snap, the family was complete. That structure, says film director Rebecca Miller, has been almost completely dismantled; we can put a family together so many ways now.

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