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Happiness

Movie
1998
2h 19m
NC-17
English
Comedy, Drama
User Score: 
7.8
Critic Score: 
82
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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.
Happiness Poster

Happiness

NC-17
Movie
1998
2h 19m
English
Comedy, Drama
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.
Rating
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7.8
IMDB
Happiness (1998) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
82

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Jane Adams
Joy Jordan
Jon Lovitz
Andy Kornbluth
Dylan Baker
Bill Maplewood
Lara Flynn Boyle
Helen Jordan
Justin Elvin
Timmy Maplewood
Cynthia Stevenson
Trish Maplewood
Lila GlantzmanLeib
Chloe Maplewood
Gerry Becker
Psychiatrist
Rufus Read
Billy Maplewood
Louise Lasser
Mona Jordan
Ben Gazzara
Lenny Jordan
Arthur J Nascarella
Detective Berman
Eytan Mirsky
Angry Picketer
Lisa Louise Langford
Radical Picketer
Socorro Santiago
Crying Teacher
Allison Furman
Consoling Teacher
Wai Ching Ho
Student #1
Bina Sharif
Student #2
Directed By: Todd Solondz
Written By: Todd Solondz (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

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...
11 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...
one year 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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Featured User Reviews

ryanmalesevich
6/10  one year 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  one year 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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