Everybody Has a Plan

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  • Opened March 22, 2013 (Limited NY, LA)
  • 1 hr 58 min
  • R | Language, Some Brutal Violence and Sexuality
  • EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN tells the story of Agustín (Mortensen), a man desperate to abandon what for him has become, after years of living in Buenos Aires, a very frustrating existence. After the death of his twin brother, Pedro, Agustín decides to start a new life, adopting the identity of his brother and returning to the mysterious region of the Delta, in theTigre, where they lived when they were boys. However, shortly after his return, Agustín will find himself unwillingly involved in the dangerous criminal world that was a part of his brother’s life.
    *Note: In Spanish with English subtitles. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil, Daniel Fanego
  • Director: Ana Piterbarg
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THIS BORING, INANE FILM STARRING VIGGO MORTENSEN AS TWIN BROTHERS. DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN AT BIRTH!

by Peneflix

With the exception of director, Ana Piterbarg. Obscure, obtuse, buried in boredom: Viggo Mortensen characterizes twin brothers (?Agustin?/?Pedro?) plainly, diminished in the womb, they flounder in...

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everybody has a plan

by kaboodles

I love Viggo but you can't have a whole movie in which the camera is on his face the whole time. The film drags on....

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

An atmospheric Argentine thriller starring Viggo Mortensen in twin roles (literally), Everybody Has a Plan is in the vein of, if not on the same plane as, Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger." Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
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Its chief virtue is its lead performance, in which twin brothers are played by a promising new Argentinian actor named Viggo Mortensen. Read full review

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Empire
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Mortensen is on top form - twice over - but while the noir mood gathers like a black cloud, the story frustrates. Read full review

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Total Film
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Everybody does indeed have a plan in Ana Piterbarg’s ponderous Argentine noir – problem is, they’re all terrible. Read full review

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Viggo Mortensen and Soledad Villamil in "Everybody Has a Plan."