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This comedic drama from writer-director Don Roos ('The Opposite Of Sex') comes packed with many unusual themes including abortion, homosexual parenting, teenage pregnancy, marrying for green cards, and the unscrupulous practice of bringing a client to orgasm at the conclusion of a massage (the happy ending referenced in the .. Read more

Starring	Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director	Don Roos
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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- A rare American movie with the edge and wisdom of the best foreign films... The movie gradually deepens as Roos interweaves multiple plot strands and a large cast of characters
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- - Movieline's Hollywood Life
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  Ignore that other daft review! Excellent film!
  
  I picked this film from the rental library based on the cast, and it was a really pleasant surprise. It is a character ensemble piece, with several inter-... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Cath
  - Coventry, UK
  - 08 Apr 2006 at 00:56
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  - 0
  No beginnings
  
  What is it all about? I thought that I may have gone to sleep somewhere and that is why I could not understand the film. But no! No sleep, just a film that is ... read more »
  
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- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 01 Aug 2011 at 14:08
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  - 0
  It's a sick, sick bond
  
  I really didn't know what to expect of this movie, and now I've seen it I really don't know what to make of it!
  
  That said, the ... read more »
  
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- - studleydave
  - 165 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 19:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Strong cast but a bit messy
  
  Chuckled on and off through the film but found it a bit messy and sometimes hard to follow the strands that seemed to me to go off on wierd tangents - probably ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Surrey
  - 27 Feb 2011 at 18:27
- - 0
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  Rather forgettable....
  
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  I chose this film because I usually like Maggie Gyllenhall and Lisa Kudrow but this film was sadly, bitty, very wordy, over complicated and WAAAYYYY too long!<... read more »
  
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  - Kent
  - 12 Aug 2010 at 18:19
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  Ignore radio times review, this is a decent film
  
  I hate most american 'rom coms' and was glad to see this didn't deserve to have the same label. I found it an entertaining and well thought out ... read more »
  
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- - sherriffflood
  - 45 reviews
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  - 30 Mar 2010 at 16:10
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  excellent film
  
  i loved the opposite of sex and this is very much like that. it is witty, intellegent and has good acting - especially from lisa kudrow who proves you can do a ... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Mar 2010 at 22:31
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  - 0
  Happy endings
  
  A sad, hillariously funny and predictable film.
  
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- - Kick
  - 12 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 27 Aug 2009 at 22:03
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  - 0
  Happy it ended
  
  Too long by miles, took ages to get going then stopped, was hoping for much more from such a great cast
  
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  - Bexley
  - 03 Jul 2009 at 13:47
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  A little gem
  
  This is a fantastic, bittersweet comedy with a brilliant ensemble cast. You can see similarities with The Opposite of Sex but I personally think this was a much... read more »
  
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- - jennibee
  - 11 reviews
  - Colchester
  - 05 Jun 2009 at 15:52
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  Oddly unengaging
  
  Should have been fun - the format and cinematography was unusual and interesting - but I just couldn't get into it at all, and ended up ejecting it after ... read more »
  
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- - Joules
  - 29 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 19 May 2009 at 02:30
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  Ignore that other daft review! Excellent film!
  
  I picked this film from the rental library based on the cast, and it was a really pleasant surprise. It is a character ensemble piece, with several inter-... read more »
  
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  - Cath
  - Coventry, UK
  - 08 Apr 2006 at 00:56
- - 16
  - 4
  Secrets and lies in California
  
  Don Roos's obsession seems to be the corrosive effect of secrets and lies and also of truth, which can sometimes be even more damaging. He seems fascinated ... read more »
  
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- - Rehan
  - 126 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Jun 2006 at 09:14
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  - 3
  Bits and pieces...
  
  This is a highly watchable and entertaining film, with lots of fine touches (Coogan's peformance in the encounter with the lesbian ... read more »
  
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- - Clerico
  - 84 reviews
  - Dunbar
  - 08 Jan 2007 at 09:56
- - 9
  - 0
  A Comedy Of Sorts...
  
  'Happy Endings' is a companion piece to the same director's 'The Opposite Of Sex'. Again with Lisa Kudrow, it presents a series of ... read more »
  
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  - Carpenders Park, England
  - 22 May 2006 at 20:21
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  Refreshingly different
  
  Films like this don't come along very often. Although Steve Coogan's accent is amusing at times, you do forget that this is 'Alan Partridge'. ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Oxford, UK
  - 18 Aug 2006 at 13:02
- - 2
  - 0
  Worth Watching
  
  It seems like too many characters/plots are being set up at the start and you almost need to take notes. The 'pop-up' writing can be annoying at first ... read more »
  
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- - Paul G
  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 05 Oct 2006 at 09:47
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  How did this ever open for a Gay film festival?
  
  No idea how this movie was ever financed, nevermind chosen as an opener for the film festival a couple of years ago. An absolutely waste of time is all I'll... read more »
  
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  - England, London
  - 02 Jun 2008 at 14:19
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  SIMPLY AMAZING
  
  Happy Endings without a doubt is one of the best films I have ever seen (and I see a lot a lot of films). Without destroying the ending, I can tell you if you ... read more »
  
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  - Bolton, England.
  - 02 Jun 2006 at 21:29
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  Bit hit and miss
  
  This film is a bit hit and miss. Some bits work brilliantly and others you just wait to end. Personally, this kind of multi-strand storytelling, is better ... read more »
  
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- - Matters
  - 138 reviews
  - West Malling, Kent
  - 22 Aug 2008 at 21:09
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  Cracking film...
  
  ...ignore the other reviews. Its probably too subtle for them. The guy who said it wasn't funny obviously didn't realise that its not a comedy. Perhaps ... read more »
  
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- - sbull9
  - 17 reviews
  - Willenhall
  - 16 May 2006 at 12:09

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  This comedic drama from writer-director Don Roos ('The Opposite Of Sex') comes packed with many unusual themes including abortion, homosexual parenting, teenage pregnancy, marrying for green cards, and the unscrupulous practice of bringing a client to orgasm at the conclusion of a massage (the ...