Happiness Runs

Released May 7, 2010

1h 28m

Drama

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17%

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12 Reviews

37%

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250+ Ratings

A youth contemplates leaving his commune.

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

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.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 27, 2020

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Amy Nicholson

Boxoffice Magazine

There's more boobs than brains in Adam Sherman's semi-true tale of heedless, bored debauchery

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 6, 2010

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

An astoundingly bad memory piece that blows its potential dramatic heft at every turn.

Rated: 1/5

May 13, 2010

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Brent Simon

Shared Darkness

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?

Rated: C-

May 19, 2010

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Annlee Ellingson

Moving Pictures Magazine

Sherman's macabre dream-fueled imagery elevates the material from solely navel-gazing, but only slightly.

May 17, 2010

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David Noh

Film Journal International

"Callow" would be too kind a description of this messy, unoriginal and dull treatise of a filmmaker's youthful years in a commune.

May 10, 2010

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Despite the negative reviews I thoroughly enjoyed this film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

kranker film. sehr krank und verstörend. aber interessant

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Tragic and disturbing. Exactly how I would imagine it to be to live amongst a polygamous cult.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Disturbing, uncomfortable, and somehow pervasively dull. I kept waiting for an actual plot to develop, but it never really does.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

One of the worst movies of the year.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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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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