Happiness (1998)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Todd Solondz

Guionista:

Todd Solondz (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 octubre 1998 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Comedia

Plot:

Three middle-class New Jersey sisters all have their problems with their families and sex lives.

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Marriage | New Jersey | Parent | Restaurant

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A brilliant movie, but not for everyone.

Reparto

Jane Adams	...	Joy Jordan
Jon Lovitz	...	Andy Kornbluth
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Allen
Dylan Baker	...	Bill Maplewood
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Helen Jordan
Justin Elvin	...	Timmy Maplewood
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Trish Maplewood
Lila Glantzman-Leib	...	Chloe Maplewood
Gerry Becker	...	Psychiatrist
Rufus Read	...	Billy Maplewood
Louise Lasser	...	Mona Jordan
Ben Gazzara	...	Lenny Jordan
Camryn Manheim	...	Kristina
Arthur J. Nascarella	...	Detective Berman
Molly Shannon	...	Nancy

También conocida como:

Todd Solondz's Untitled (USA) (working title)
Felicidad (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rating surrendered; previously rated NC-17.

Duración:

134 min | USA:141 min (DVD)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Ruso

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Alberta/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM18 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating: 1999) | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1999)

Locaciones de Filmación:

New Jersey, USA

Compañía:

Good Machine

Trivialidades:

Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".

Errores:

Continuidad: The level of wine in each person's glass changes between shots during the final scene.

Citas:

Bill: I wake up happy, feeling good... but then I get very depressed, because I'm living in reality.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Indie Sex: Taboos (2001) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Concerto for Guitar in D Major

A brilliant movie, but not for everyone.

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen, but I would hesitate to recommend it to people whom I don't know pretty well. It explores aspects of life and living (and suffering) that most films avoid or actively deny. And it does so brilliantly. The characters are vividly real, and there is such a strong sense of situations unfolding in real time that it's truly mesmerising. I felt like a fly on the wall, eavesdropping on conversations I could never hear otherwise. I think many people would absolutely hate this movie, partly because it doesn't pass judgement on behaviours that are repulsive to the bulk of humanity, and partly because it exposes us to them at all.