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Happy Endings (2005)

Director: Don Roos

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From Time Out New York

How's that for a convenient title? No need to fret over the fates of Don Roos's seven flighty Angelenos thrown into the movie's emo Cuisinart; everything will turn out peachy in that cloying Sundance way by which quirk and crinkly-eyed tears connote easy, unearned wisdom. Still, keeping track of all the characters' stylish problems (baby envy, relationship envy, lead-singer-in-a-terrible-band envy, etc.) is preferable to Roos's annoyingly solicitous onscreen texts (e.g., "Charley is gay now. Who isn't these days?"), consistently barging in and informing us on how to feel.

Author: JR 2005-07-20 14:52:10

Time Out New York website

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Cast & crew

Director: Don Roos

Producer: Holly Wiersma, Michael Paseomek

Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tom Arnold, Jason Ritter, Laura Dern, Lisa Kudrow, David Sutcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, Jesse Bradford, Steve Coogan full cast

Duration: 128 mins


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