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Happiness Runs, 2010

Starring: Hanna Hall, Mark L. Young, Jesse Plemons, Rutger Hauer

Directed by: Adam Sherman

Written by: Adam Sherman

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

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Rating:4.8

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Happiness Runs can be described as bittersweet, atmospheric, and sincere. The plot revolves around , a dysfunctional family, and self discovery. The main genre is drama. In approach, Happiness Runs is serious and realistic. It takes place in contemporary times.

Summary of Happiness Runs

A young man named Victor realizes the shortcomings of the Utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor's mother is funding the commune where the guru Insley hypnotizes and seduces women with a technique he calls "running." Insley manipulates the minds of these women so that they give him their bodies and all their worldly possessions. Victor's childhood love, Becky, returns to take care of her deathly ill father. Victor, haunted by visions of Becky's death, is desperate to save her and himself by escaping from the polygamous cult. Preoccupied with Insley's free love philosophy, the adults of the community overlook the painful reality that the self destructive behavior of their children is most certainly due to early exposure to sex and drugs. To afford an escape, Victor tries to sell weed but is cut out by rivals competing for Becky's affection. Finally, Victor is torn between getting money from his mother who is entirely under Insley's influence, dealing with the violent drama of his drug-addled friends, and staying to save Becky as she spins out of control.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	7 May 2010
Runtime:	88 min

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Hanna Hall

as Becky

Mark L. Young

as Victor

Jesse Plemons

as Chad

Rutger Hauer

as Insley

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Tiring…

This film was slow. It was built on a nice concept but was really tiring. It was building some tension at first but failed to move me… Read and rate it

18.June.2010
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by: notagirl1
notagirl1 rated this movie5/10So-so

Disappointed

The premise for this one was so good, it felt like this film could be so much more. What I got instead was an atmospheric surrealism that I didn't get the point of for half of the movie. The fact that it is based on a true story makes the film a... Read and rate it

18.June.2010
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by: ccaprica
ccaprica rated this movie6/10Okay

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