Happiness details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Ben Gazzara, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan Baker, Cynthia Stevenson, Jane Adams, Jared Harris, Camryn Manheim, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Louise Lasser, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jon Lovitz, Justin Elvin |
| Director: | Todd Solondz |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Studio: | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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Happiness |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 14 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 15 May 2000 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A Modern Masterpiece!
By Phil McMahon from Hornchurch, Essex , 12 Dec 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
'Happiness' is quite simply one of the most upsetting, challenging and hilarious films you will ever see. Not for those who are easily offended but then they are the kind of people who should really be watching this kind of groundbreaking cinema.
Solondz veers between unbearably uncomfortable situations to the broadest slapstick and back again so the viewer is never sure of their footing. The scene between father and son towards the end is one of the greatest I've ever seen
Please do yourself a favour and rent this- your life will never be the same again!- Was this review helpful to you?
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(98)yes i think
By elrilg (18 reviews) , 05 May 2013i was asleep . . . . . but someone told me it was excellentish . . . . . . . .- Was this review helpful to you?
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Crude and unoriginal
By Eastbourne (17 reviews) , 07 Jul 2012Crude and unoriginal - though I did not make it past 30 mins into the film, so it may have improved in the latter stages.
Not recommended for anyone over the age of 27- Was this review helpful to you?
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A truely brilliant film
By a customer from Liverpool, England , 11 Jun 2012a beautifully paced and amazingly well-acted film which touches on some disturbing territory- Was this review helpful to you?
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Watch it through your fingers
By RichPickings (167 reviews) from 'kin Bruges , 12 Mar 2012You may not think that seeing life, looking at life, witnessing life, is enough for a film. If you expect to be entertained in a conventional way by thrills and story lines, whatever that amounts to, then this film may not be for you. This does have a story arc, which is beautifully written and it is also, edge of the seat stuff, if you count white knuckle cringing that way but its exceptional, not conventional.
I wouldn't call it a comedy because one of its central issues is child abuse and laughing is the last thing you'll want to do, but elsewhere its as funny as observed life can be, and its always subtle, tender and perceptive.
Its characters are superbly drawn and acted. Its verbal plain speaking can be shocking, but balanced by its truthfulness it delivers its condemnation without hyperbole.
This could have been a wallowing in unhappiness but instead was a revelation.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very funny
By 1mper1um (52 reviews) , 08 Mar 2012But not for prudes. Nothing more to say really. If you can handle paedophilia, cum shots and obscene phone calls then watch it. If not then look elsewhere,- Was this review helpful to you?
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