Synopsis
Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.
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Cast
- Lisa KudrowMamie
- Steve CooganCharley
- Jesse BradfordNicky
- Bobby CannavaleJavier
- Maggie GyllenhaalJude
- Jason RitterOtis
- Tom ArnoldFrank
- David SutcliffeGil
- Sarah ClarkeDiane
- Laura DernPam
Recommendations
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Bills itself as a comedy but unfolds as the drollest of dramas, an extended-family album for the age of abortion, adoption and donor sperm. It's a cheeky story about turning the other cheek. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A real audience pleaser, so long as that audience is mentally agile and adult, for it comes at you from odd angles and features three distinct story lines and 10 main characters. - 70
L.A. Weekly
When all is said and done, Roos treats his characters and his audience to an unblushingly sentimental, conciliatory ending of the kind that ordinarily makes me feel as though I'm being played for a sucker. I wept on demand and went home happy. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Roos does an admirable job balancing the tragedy and comedy, but he bogs down every character with so much baggage that it's impossible to render them honestly without the captions. - 60
Film Threat
Roos creates a slate of interesting characters who find themselves in unexpected situations that lead to realistic--and in their own way, happy--endings. - 50
Variety
A protracted parade of woefully familiar motifs from the Amerindie playbook, Happy Endings comes off like an undernourished Paul Thomas Anderson wannabe. - 50
The A.V. Club
There aren't a lot of laughs in Happy Endings, and those that sneak in are pretty wry. There's no comedic snap either, and while that seems not to be the point, humor might have helped with the film's often-sluggish pacing. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
There are pleasing outcomes for almost everyone in Happy Endings, and that's not good news.
