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Oct 23, 1998 · "Happiness" is a movie about closed doors--apartment doors, bedroom doors and the doors of the unconscious. It moves back and forth between several stories, which often link up. It shows us people who want to be loved and who never will be--because of their emotional incompetence and arrested development.
Dec 9, 2021 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault "Happiness" is tough stuff -- quietly confrontational, genuinely haunting, and, most disturbing of all, unexpectedly moving. Rated: A...
- (2.8K)
- Jane Adams
- Todd Solondz
- Comedy, Drama
Oct 16, 1998 · Happiness: Directed by Todd Solondz. With Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker. The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
- (73K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Todd Solondz
- 1998-10-16
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 82% approval rating based on 49 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus states, " Happiness is far from a cheerful viewing experience, but its grimly humorous script and fearless performances produce a perversely moving search for humanity ...
- $2.2 million
- Robbie Kondor
- October 16, 1998
Each of the actors really becomes their character and reflect the deep sadness in this film. As one can easily tell, most of the characters in this film are severely lacking in any happiness whatsoever (making the title really ironic), and this film is their journey to find true happiness-and a lot of them, sadly, don't.
Brave performances. So now for the good parts (with qualifiers), and, when you consider how distasteful I found much of the film to be, there's a surprising number of them. There are even a...
Oct 16, 1998 · Happiness. Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 30 Critic Reviews. 81. User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 199 User Ratings. 2.7. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. View All. Jane Adams. Joy Jordan. Jon Lovitz. Andy Kornbluth. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Allen. Dylan Baker. Bill Maplewood. Lara Flynn Boyle. Helen Jordan.
