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Mood:
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- Fall in LoveGenderLove and RomanceMind and SoulYouthCouplesFamily ProblemsFamily Relations more...
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- ComedyDrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Suburbs
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Humor:
- Irreverent Humor
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- Ensemble CastFilm in FilmMultiple StoriesTalky
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Happy Endings, 2005
English
USA
Profile of Happy Endings
Happy Endings can be described as witty, biting, and clever. The plot revolves around gender, family problems, and falling in love. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. Happy Endings's main genres are drama and comedy. In terms of style, it is a film in a film, involves multiple stories, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is realistic. Happy Endings is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. It takes place in contemporary times. Happy Endings is well suited for a date night. Note that it involves sexual content and profanity.
Summary of Happy Endings
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 title). Lisa Kudrow plays the recipient of one such massage, and she later makes a video about her masseur/lover--who says he has information about a son she gave up for adoption years earlier. Meanwhile, her gay brother (Steve Coogan) suspects that his boyfriend may have given sperm to a lesbian couple (Laura Dern and Sarah Clarke) to help them have a daughter. Another thread of this intricately woven plot concerns a sexual libertine (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who seduces both a rich widower (Tom Arnold) and his closeted gay son (Jason Ritter). Amazingly, it is Arnold who manages to stand out among the ensemble cast with an endearingly vulnerable performance that lingers in the mind long after the film is over. With onscreen pop-ups relaying information about both the past and the future of the characters, the acting and the script are uniformly first-rate. Tracks by Calexico and Kid Loco comprise a lot of the great soundtrack, and Gyllenhaal's real singing voice is heard during her character's several torchy numbers.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 January 2005 |
| Runtime: | 128 min |
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The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Kirk Honeycutt
The New York Times
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- by: Manohla Dargis
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