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Happiness is a 1998 American black comedy film written and directed by Todd Solondz, that portrays the lives of three sisters, their families, and those around them.
With Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker. The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
- (75K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Todd Solondz
- 1998-10-16
Oct 23, 1998 · A dark comedy about lonely and disturbed people who seek love and happiness in various ways. Ebert praises the film's honesty and humanity, despite its controversial and disturbing themes.
Happiness. This dark ensemble-comedy is centered on the three Jordan sisters. Joy (Jane Adams) moves through lackluster jobs with no sense of purpose. Now employed teaching adults, she is dating...
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- Jane Adams
- Todd Solondz
- Comedy, Drama
Happiness. As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz’s portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban “normalcy.”
- Joy Jordan
A man is unable to tell her next-door neighbor that he finds her sexually attractive. An old couple wants to split up, but they don't want to get a divorce. A therapist masturbates to teen magazines. An 11-year-old kid is insecure about the fact that he hasn't masturbated yet.
The search for happiness connects lonely lives in this critically acclaimed, subversive and funny film from Todd Solondz, director of the cult classic WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE. 528. IMDb 7.7 2 h 19 min 1998 18+. Drama • Comedy.
