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Happiness

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 516 ratings
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Genre Kids & Family, Comedy
Format Multiple Formats, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Letterboxed, NTSC
Contributor Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Justin Elvin, Ben Gazzara, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rufus Read, Lila Glantzman-Leib, Louise Lasser, Todd Solondz, Cynthia Stevenson, Gerry Becker See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 14 minutes
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The search for happiness connects lonely lives in this subversively funny film from Todd Solondz, director of Welcome To The Dollhouse. Meet three sisters at the center of a struggle with the secret demons of middle class perfection. Challenge your sympathies and see the movie that made over 50 top ten lists of 1998.

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At times brilliant and insightful, at times repellent and false, Happiness is director Todd Solondz's multistory tale of sex, perversion, and loneliness. Plumbing depths of Crumb-like angst and rejection, Solondz won the Cannes International Critics Prize in 1998 and the film was a staple of nearly every critic's Top Ten list. Admirable, shocking, and hilarious for its sarcastic yet strangely empathetic look at consenting adults' confusion between lust and love, the film stares unflinchingly until the audience blinks. But it doesn't stop there. A word of strong caution to parents: One of the main characters, a suburban super dad (played by Dylan Baker), is really a predatory pedophile and there is more than an attempt to paint him as a sympathetic character. Children are used in this film as running gags or, worse, the means to an end. Whether that end is a humorous scene for Solondz or sexual gratification for the rapist becomes largely irrelevant. Happiness is an intelligent, sad film, revelatory and exact at moments. It's also abuse in the guise of art. That's nothing to celebrate. --Keith Simanton

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.57 x 5.3 x 7.51 inches; 1.6 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ LGT71362DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Todd Solondz
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Letterboxed, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 14 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 1999
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, French
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Lions Gate
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000IC7G
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Todd Solondz
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 516 ratings

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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516 global ratings
Not in the condition it was described. Buyer beware!
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Not in the condition it was described. Buyer beware!
This DVD was covered in scratches. I hope it will play without a hiccup. Unfortunately I have no time to send it back as I am a traveling musician and bought this specially for a tour. A partial refund for false advertising would be appropriate.
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Robe
5.0 out of 5 stars Solondz
Reviewed in Italy on May 12, 2021
juliadream
5.0 out of 5 stars but a great movie if you can handle it
Reviewed in Canada on July 31, 2017
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JEAN PIERRE G
5.0 out of 5 stars HAPPINESS : LE CHOC
Reviewed in France on March 20, 2018
Matthew Fennell
5.0 out of 5 stars A profound, perspective-altering and blackly hilarious examination of the human condition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2009
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Albatross
5.0 out of 5 stars The clue isn’t in the title
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2017
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