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Happiness

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Happiness
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NR,2hrs 19min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
October 16, 1998
Director:
Todd Solondz
Distributor:
Trimark Pictures
Starring:
Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle  ...more
Synopsis: After his 1995 breakthrough, Welcome to the Dollhouse, director Todd Solondz was courted by a number of studios to make a big-budget film with top stars. Instead, he chose to make this aggressively dark comedy-drama of perversions and twisted lives. Andy Kornbluth (Jon Lovitz) explodes with anger after rejection in a restaurant from Joy Jordan (Jane Adams), one of a trio of middle-class New Jersey sisters. Joy's sister Trish (Cynthia Stevenson), a housewife with three kids, is married to psychiatrist ... Full Synopsis
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Matthew Doberman, AMG Review
Easily one of the 1990s' most controversial films, Happiness evoked a broad range of opinions and emotions. Writer/director Todd Solondz, who debuted with Welcome to the Dollhouse, a portrait of suburbia as the site of a young girl's misery, followed it up with this troubling and thought-provoking exploration of the unhappiness that lurks behind the facades of normality. Some viewers objected to (or ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Jane Adams
Joy Jordan
Dylan Baker
Bill Maplewood
Lara Flynn Boyle
Helen Jordan
Ben Gazzara
Lenny Jordan
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