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Happiness (1998) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Oct 16, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 27, 1999
• R2: 15 May 2000
Budget $3,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rating surrendered; previously rated NC-17.
Running Time
2 hours, 14 minutes
Country USA
Studio Good Machine, Killer Films
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Other Titles
• Happiness
• Todd Solondz's Untitled (1997)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Satire, Black Comedy, Marriage, Cult Classic, Disturbing, Buddies, Suspense, Coming Of Age
Plot: Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician; Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle), a beautiful, self-obsessed writer; and Trish (Cynthia Stevenson), a conservative housewife who is married to Bill (Dylan Baker), a psychiatrist harboring an unhealthy fascination for young boys. Other dysfunctional characters include the sisters' unhappy parents, Lenny and Mona Jordan (Ben Gazzara and Louise Lasser), and the lonely, sex-obsessed Allen (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who lives next to Helen and goes to Bill for therapy. At once both scathingly funny and shockingly bleak, HAPPINESS addresses subjects that most films are afraid to touch, including pedophilia and masturbation. Unapologetic and unflinching, Solondz's film features bold performances from the entire cast and makes for uneasy but intriguing viewing as it peers behind the fragile facade of the American dream.
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| Directed by |
Todd Solondz
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Storytelling, Palindromes |
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Todd Solondz
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Storytelling, Palindromes |
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Jane Adams
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Wonder Boys |
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Requiem for a Dream, Mystery Men, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex |
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