Synopsis
Two sisters return home to care for their aging father.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Parker PoseyJane
- Demi MooreLaura
- Ellen BarkinShelly
- Christian CamargoJackson
- Rip TornJoe
- Billy MagnussenRay
- Richard BarlowMitch
- Peter PatrikiosDriver
- Susan BlommaertMallory
- Celia WestonNeighbor
Recommandations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Joe presents not so much a problem for Jayne and Laura as an opportunity. It's time to finally grow up and be true daughters and sisters. They've waited long enough. All of this, I must add, is done with a nicely screwy, sometimes stoned humor. - 67
The A.V. Club
Happy Tears is a complete mess of a movie, but Lichtenstein conjures some sweet moments and striking metaphors. - 50
Chicago Reader
Lichtenstein dutifully unpacks the family's unhappy past, but he's so easily distracted by surreal dream sequences and colorful supporting characters that his main story gradually dries up into a sitcom. - 50
Miami Herald
In Happy Tears, Posey lands a juicy starring role designed to showcase her eccentric energy, and she's so delighted by the opportunity that her happiness infuses the movie: She keeps the first half of Happy Tears aloft on a cloud of endearing tics and mannerisms. - 38
Chicago Tribune
The acting's not the problem, and it's a nice thing to find Moore playing a human-scaled human being, with a recognizable human touch. The material has a hint of it too. But only a hint. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Simply weird. The funny has gone missing. - 30
Variety
A contradictory creature, both insightful and dumb, sometimes innovative and sometimes just plain inept. Dreamy, funny but also weirdly disjointed, it’s as if the very film itself were stoned, just like its two pot-smoking sister protags. - 25
Observer
A vulgar, happy-as-cancer aberration that takes the dysfunctional family idea to a new low. Whimsical, yes. Happy, never.
