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Bookmark this pageHappy Endings (2005)
Director: Don Roos
Movie review
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
Time Out New York website
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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