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Happiness
General Details
Director:
Todd Solondz
Writer:
Todd Solondz
Theatrical:
1998
Rated:
NC-17
Studio:
Good Machine
Genre:
Drama
Duration:
134
IMDb:
0147612
DVD Details
Languages:
English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles:
English, Spanish, French
Sound:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Picture Format:
Widescreen
UPC:
031398702337
Discs:
1
Region:
1
Release:
Apr 1999
Price:
$14.98
Credits
Joy Jordan
Jane Adams
Andy Kornbluth
Jon Lovitz
Allen
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bill Maplewood
Dylan Baker
Helen Jordan
Lara Flynn Boyle
Timmy Maplewood
Justin Elvin
Trish Maplewood
Cynthia Stevenson
Chloe Maplewood
Lila Glantzman-Leib
Psychiatrist
Gerry Becker
Billy Maplewood
Rufus Read
Mona Jordan
Louise Lasser
Lenny Jordan
Ben Gazzara
Kristina
Camryn Manheim
Detective Berman
Arthur J. Nascarella
Nancy
Molly Shannon
Jane Adams (II)
Summary
When a young woman rejects her current overweight suitor in a restaurant, he unexpectedly places a curse on her. The film then moves on to her sisters. One is a happily married woman with a psychiatrist husband and three kids. Unfortunately the husband develops an unnatural fascination for his 11 year old son's male classmates, fantasizes about mass killing in a park, and masturbates to teen magazines. One of his patients has an unrequited fascination for the third sister. Meanwhile the apparently stable 40 year marriage of the sister's parents suddenly unravels when he decides he has had enough and wants to live a hermit's life in Florida. Obviously, the whole movie is slightly warped in its viewpoint and certainly presents abnormal relationships among all of its parties.