Exit Plan (film)

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

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. It was released in theaters and on VOD in the United States by Screen Media Films on 12 June 2020.

Box office
Exit Plan grossed $0 in North America and $3,955 in Hungary.

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." On Metacritic, it holds a rating of 46 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Lorry Kikta of Film Threat awarded the film a 10 out of 10. Hannah Hoolihan of Screen Rant awarded the film two and a half stars out of five. Tara McNamara of Common Sense Media awarded the film three stars out of five. 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." 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." 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." 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."