Exit Plan (film)

Exit Plan (Danish: Selvmordsturisten), also titled Suicide Tourist,^[3] is a 2019 Danish-Norwegian-German mystery drama film directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.^[4][5] The film premiered at the 2019 Sitges Film Festival.^[6]

Exit Plan
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Danish	Selvmordsturisten
Directed by	Jonas Alexander Arnby
Written by	Rasmus Birch
Produced by	Eva Jakobsen Katrin Pors Mikkel Jersin
Starring	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Cinematography	Niels Thastum
Edited by	Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Music by	Mikkel Hess
Distributed by	Screen Media Films
Release date	3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) (Sitges)
Running time	90 minutes[1][2]
Countries	Denmark[3] Norway[3] Germany[3]
Languages	English[3] Danish[3]
Box office	$3,955[1]

Synopsis

Insurance detective Max Isaksen investigates the cold case of Arthur's disappearance. The assignment takes him into the clandestine Aurora Hotel, a secretive facility that specializes in elaborate assisted suicide fantasies. While in the midst of an existential crisis, Max questions his perception of reality.

Cast

• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Max Isaksen
• Tuva Novotny as Lærke
• Robert Aramayo as Ari
• Jan Bijvoet as Frank
• Solbjørg Højfeldt as Karen
• Sonja Richter as Alice Dinesen
• Lorraine Hilton as Jenny
• Slimane Dazi as Francois
• Johanna Wokalek as Linda
• Kaya Wilkins as Mia
• Kate Ashfield as Fake Mother

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Sitges Film Festival on 3 October 2019.^[6] It was released in theaters and on VOD in the United States by Screen Media Films on 12 June 2020.^[7][8]

Reception

Box office

Exit Plan grossed $0 in North America^[7] and $3,955 in Hungary.^[1]

Critical response

The film holds a 38% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.20/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A would-be thriller that leans a little too hard into its hero's existential crisis, Exit Plan will leave most viewers looking for the door."^[2] On Metacritic, it holds a rating of 46 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[9] Lorry Kikta of Film Threat awarded the film a 10 out of 10.^[10] Hannah Hoolihan of Screen Rant awarded the film two and a half stars out of five.^[11] Tara McNamara of Common Sense Media awarded the film three stars out of five.^[12] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Exit Plan plays like an existential thriller that unfortunately lacks both philosophical depth and thrills."^[13] Dennis Harvey of Variety also gave the film a negative review, describing it as "a movie that’s ultimately a little too polite and vague to make much of its intriguing premise."^[3] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars and wrote, "And Coster-Waldau commits to his dull character sufficiently to be, well, dull."^[14] Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "There is real potential in this premise, and a few flickers of genuine artfulness, but the storytelling is frustratingly abstruse, making for an Exit Plan that’s a real missed opportunity."^[15]