Happiness

Movie

1998

2h 19m

NC-17

English

Comedy, Drama

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7.8

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The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.

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Happiness

NC-17

Movie

1998

2h 19m

English

Comedy, Drama

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The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.

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Cast

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Jane Adams

Joy Jordan

Jon Lovitz

Andy Kornbluth

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Allen

Bill Maplewood

Helen Jordan

Timmy Maplewood

Trish Maplewood

Chloe Maplewood

Psychiatrist

Billy Maplewood

Mona Jordan

Lenny Jordan

Kristina

Detective Berman

Nancy

Kay

Tom

Angry Picketer

Radical Picketer

Rhonda

Crying Teacher

Consoling Teacher

Student #1

Student #2

Vlad

Directed By: Todd Solondz

Written By: Todd Solondz (Screenplay)

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yrvn says...

12 years ago

Great one!

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moonkodi says...

8 years ago

Dark comedy drama. Also a gross out and sex comedy but instead of cheap physical jokes (ok one at the end) and loud characters it has a quiet vulnerability and painful tender moments. This quiet and dramatic acting along with dialogue that's directly painful but worded simplistically and sometimes silly gives a funny effect. Obviously the subject matter isn't funny itself but the delivery is. When the jokes over it's instantly back to thinking of what happened and how screwed up these people are. It's a gripping cycle. I like the effort this movie makes to be different in its comedy style yet didn't go they way of sacrificing realism. The themes are pretty taboo. It definitely goes into bizarre territory.

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d2freak says...

4 months ago

This could have (she should have) been so much better. I understand it's a black comedy, and I admit that it was very unsettling at times, but it's just so much in this that simply doesn't land.

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sage020 says...

9 months ago

I didn’t particularly enjoy the film I guess. The cast did a well with their performances but the subject matter, characters, and resolution just wasn’t there for me.

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ryanmalesevich

6/10 9 months ago

Where do you begin with a movie like Happiness? For starters, I would not recommend watching this on a plane. The performances were mostly fantastic, but there were two scenes in the first hour that made me switch to something more suitable for the environment.

Happiness is called a black comedy. More

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Jordyep

8/10 7 months ago

Here's Todd Solondz making me laugh at the cruelest things once again. I think this is a better, more ambitious effort than _Welcome to the Dollhouse_, even with a lot of the artistic traits carrying over. It's clear that he loves exploring the hidden tragedy of everyday life, deconstructing societa More

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Ryan

3 years ago

Simply too hard to watch due to the subject matter.

But... it is clearly an excellent film, I just can't recommend anyone watch it. Enter at your own risk.

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