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Bliss

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Life is going great for Harry Joy (Barry Otto) -- until he dies. After a startling near-death experience, the advertising exec awakens to a world that is not as he remembered it. The products he advertises cause cancer. His son (Miles Buchanan) and his daughter (Gia Carides) are doing drugs and sleeping together. His wife (Lynette Curran) is cheating on him with a business partner. To escape this possibly literal hell, Harry sets himself on an uncertain course: living a moral life.

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Luke Buckmaster Guardian 07/25/2015
A droll, dry and mordantly amusing comedy-drama that exists in a Twilight Zone-esque world impossible to gauge or define. Go to Full Review
Michael Lasky Bay Area Reporter 04/30/2020
Bliss left me in unmitigated bliss. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/28/2005
3/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 06/16/2003
5/5
Viciously funny, scathing in its satire and damning in its inescapable truths...offering one of the most tender and moving climaxes I've ever seen. Go to Full Review
Andrew Howe Film Written Magazine 06/20/2001
3.5/4
A stunning tale of alienation, madness and redemption. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Strange M 12/29/2023 One of the best films ever made is almost impossible to find. Go figure. See more 11/16/2018 My most favorite movie. You have to watch it several times to really figure out what is going on. See more 09/22/2018 Without fail the closing moments of this film have me in tears every time I watch it. I have loved this film since I first saw it in the late 80s. Whilst definitely dated in so many ways it is still clear it was way ahead of its time and the environmental and ethical issues it covers are even more pertinent today than ever they were back then... Watch it if you can get hold of it. Cinema Paradiso lends it out on DVD... See more 03/17/2018 I say I want to see this...again. It's very hard to find. One oc the most charming "(magical)" stories I've seen. See more 07/15/2014 Lawrence attempts to adapt a literary novel and fails, as all filmmakers are inevitably doomed to do, but in so doing creates a fascinating, beautiful, ridiculous mess of a movie. There's too much shoved in here (too many tones, ideas, plots) so that by the halfway point it felt like I'd eaten too much and it started to drag. Regardless, the first half is a pretty thrilling cinematic freak show so it's definitely worth experiencing. Too bad the R4 DVD has the picture quality of a VHS tape of a TV broadcast. Desperately needs a Blu-ray re-master. See more 12/26/2011 An obscure Australian film whose weirdness and oddity is boldly presented. 25 years after its release, Bliss is still a fascinatingly bizarre experience as its caustic flavor still bites through its comic delirium. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Life is going great for Harry Joy (Barry Otto) -- until he dies. After a startling near-death experience, the advertising exec awakens to a world that is not as he remembered it. The products he advertises cause cancer. His son (Miles Buchanan) and his daughter (Gia Carides) are doing drugs and sleeping together. His wife (Lynette Curran) is cheating on him with a business partner. To escape this possibly literal hell, Harry sets himself on an uncertain course: living a moral life.
Director
Ray Lawrence
Producer
Anthony Buckley
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 51m