Happy Endings

R

Released Jul 15, 2005

2 hr. 12 min.

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

List

55%

106 Reviews

Tomatometer

63%

5,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Filmmaker Nicky (Jesse Bradford) offers to track down the son that Mamie (Lisa Kudrow) gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley (Steve Coogan), along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude (Maggie Gyllenhaal) becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis (Jason Ritter) and his conservative father (Tom Arnold).

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Critics Consensus

Despite strong individual performances, the overlong, disjointed plot of Happy Endings self-indulgently rambles.

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Audience Member

When Laura dern dropped the affairs news that was the ultimate check mate . There was a lot going on in this movie but I enjoyed it and thought it was very original 3.6

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/29/20

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"Tom's wife is like most of us. Nothing but opinions.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

Hard to believe this funny and interesting movie gets such a low Tomatometer rating. It's a gem.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Love this show! Sad it only got 3 seasons....

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

There are some strong performances in Happy Endings. The problem is that Don Roos' movie is that it feels like an entire TV dramedy has been squeezed into one movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Good movie. Dark humor, but has some very funny parts.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Don Roos

Director

Tom Arnold

Frank

Jesse Bradford

Nick

Bobby Cannavale

Javier

Sarah Clarke

Diane

Steve Coogan

Charley

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Heather Havrilesky

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A remarkably clever ensemble film.

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Rated: 4/5

May 13, 2009

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Apr 8, 2006

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Potent social satire mixes with multiple characters incapable of telling the truth, especially to themselves, in writer/director Don Roos' enjoyable comedy of deception and dysfunction.

Rated: B

Apr 15, 2009

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Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

There's a little fanciful magic to spread over this flighty romance on the run, or at least enough to take that hackneyed notion of the happy ending, and fashion something fresh and new.

Oct 5, 2007

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Rarely has a film started so brilliantly and then so willfully shot itself directly in the foot.

Mar 1, 2007

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Nicky (Jesse Bradford) offers to track down the son that Mamie (Lisa Kudrow) gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley (Steve Coogan), along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude (Maggie Gyllenhaal) becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis (Jason Ritter) and his conservative father (Tom Arnold).

Director: Don Roos
Screenwriter: Don Roos
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Stratus Films
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M

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