Happy Cleaners

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Happy Cleaners

2019

1h 20m

Drama

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When a new landlord comes around, Mr. and Mrs. Choi find their dry cleaning business, Happy Cleaners in Flushing, Queens, in jeopardy of closing after 17 years. While they make every effort to save the business, their daughter Hyunny and son Kevin are also at their own tough crossroads of life under the pressure of their parents' high hopes. Struggling through economic turmoil, cultural clashes, and generational divide, the Choi family realizes that the only way to be stronger is to embrace each other.

Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

While it hits a couple of bumps early on, it ultimately makes for a timely story about a family coping with changing cultural values.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 10, 2021

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Maia Rose

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Happy Cleaners is poignant and relatable but ultimately uplifting and a keen look at the lives of immigrant families.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 21, 2023

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Trent Neely

Battle Royale With Cheese

When it comes to technical aspects, the film particularly shines with its cinematography.

Mar 18, 2021

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

Funny/revealing scenes include a takeout order for Hyunny, whose name is pronounced wrong six ways to Sunday, and Kevin's reaction...

Rated: 3/4

Feb 18, 2021

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

It's a fairly lighthearted yet realistic pulse-taking of a phenomenon hardly limited to any particular U.S. ethic or generational group now: The sense that middle-class stability is a rug being slowly, inexorably pulled out from under us.

Feb 12, 2021

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Film Festival Today

With genuine pathos, they examine the trials, tribulations and triumphs of a quartet of fascinating cinematic protagonists.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 12, 2021

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Audience Member

Excellent! Great story of a family working through adversity....cast is superb.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

A wonderful story that hits home for so many Korean-Americans with immigrant parents. The movie does an amazing job of portraying the true struggles of the "model minority" in an ever evolving environment.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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When a new landlord comes around, Mr. and Mrs. Choi find their dry cleaning business, Happy Cleaners in Flushing, Queens, in jeopardy of closing after 17 years. While they make every effort to save the business, their daughter Hyunny and son Kevin are also at their own tough crossroads of life under the pressure of their parents' high hopes. Struggling through economic turmoil, cultural clashes, and generational divide, the Choi family realizes that the only way to be stronger is to embrace each other.

Director: Julian Kim, Peter S. Lee
Producer: Theresa Choh-Lee, Julian Kim, Kat Kim, Hj Lee, Peter S. Lee
Screenwriter: Julian Kim
Production Co: Jebby Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2021
Runtime: 1h 20m