This weekend's releases offer up some tantalizing choices: Do you want to go witty and urbane with a sharply observed dinner comedy from France? Or would you rather indulge in a gritty, adrenaline-fueled historical action film? Why not see both? (Oh, that's MMP for you -- always willing to take the bold stand.)
In Change of Plans a group of friends get together for a lovely, summer dinner party. But since the festivities are being presided over by director Danièle Thompson -- who previously gave us such sly inquests into human behavior as Cousin Cousine 
and Avenue Montaigne and here uses an unusual, fractured timeline to give us frequent glimpses into the attendee's futures -- the social niceties will not be all they seem and the relationships, sexual and otherwise, are going to be more elaborate than anyone could imagine. With some cleverly crafted plot complications and a good cast -- including Dany Boon, Emmanuelle Seigner, Thompson's son Christopher, and the very fetching Blanca Li as an outsider dancing instructor -- this is a sly, subtle, and ultimately sweet observation of human frailty and resilience.
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