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Happiness Runs

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A youth contemplates leaving his commune.

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Joe Neumaier New York Daily News 04/27/2020
2/4
The kids' story gets out of control, but Andie MacDowell is a pleasantly earthy mess as Victor's out-of-it mother, and familiar New York faces (Ann Magnuson, Mark Boone Jr., Richard Edson) lend quirky support as the out-of-it elders. Go to Full Review Amy Nicholson Boxoffice Magazine 07/06/2010
2.5/5
There's more boobs than brains in Adam Sherman's semi-true tale of heedless, bored debauchery Go to Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 05/13/2010
1/5
An astoundingly bad memory piece that blows its potential dramatic heft at every turn. Go to Full Review Brent Simon Shared Darkness 05/19/2010
C-
Happiness Runs wears its air-quote truth like a protective cloak, to fend off dismissals of its narrative inadequacies: after all, if it's based on a true story, how could it not be infused with hidden profundity? Go to Full Review Annlee Ellingson Moving Pictures Magazine 05/17/2010
Sherman's macabre dream-fueled imagery elevates the material from solely navel-gazing, but only slightly. Go to Full Review David Noh Film Journal International 05/10/2010
"Callow" would be too kind a description of this messy, unoriginal and dull treatise of a filmmaker's youthful years in a commune. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/03/2012 Despite the negative reviews I thoroughly enjoyed this film. See more 07/10/2012 kranker film. sehr krank und verstörend. aber interessant See more 07/27/2011 Tragic and disturbing. Exactly how I would imagine it to be to live amongst a polygamous cult. See more 04/12/2011 Disturbing, uncomfortable, and somehow pervasively dull. I kept waiting for an actual plot to develop, but it never really does. See more 01/03/2011 One of the worst movies of the year. See more 12/31/2010 i actually enjoyed this film. centered in a hippie utopia that's not exactly the way of life for the kids growing up in it, lotsa drugs and sex.....but yet this still resembles a white suburban melodrama. tries a little too hard at times but still worth a watch. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Adam Sherman

Director

Hanna Hall

Becky

Mark L. Young

Victor

Jesse Plemons

Chad

Rutger Hauer

Insley

Rich Sickler

Harris

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Happiness Runs

Happiness Runs (2010) (L-R) Paul McCarthy-Boyington as Sam, Rutger Hauer as Insley and Jon Kellam as Peter in "Happiness Runs." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A youth contemplates leaving his commune.
Director
Adam Sherman
Producer
Stephen Israel
Screenwriter
Adam Sherman
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Happiness Runs
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 7, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.1K
Runtime
1h 28m
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