It Happened in L.A.

Released Nov 3, 2017

1 hr. 37 min.

Romance

Comedy

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65%

17 Reviews

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50+ Ratings

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Annette and Elliot are a mostly happy, moderately neurotic Los Angeles couple. Maybe Annette doesn't enjoy game nights or taco stands as much as Elliot enjoys them, but no relationship is perfect, right? Rather than embracing their differences, Annette can only compare her relationship to her friends' relationships that portray happiness. This cannot be endorsed by Annette's beautiful but romantically troubled best friend, Baker, who is very well-versed on the bleakness of the LA dating scene.

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Michelle Morgan

Director

Michelle Morgan

Annette

Jorma Taccone

Elliot

Dree Hemingway

Baker

Kentucker Audley

Peter

Margarita Levieva

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Andy Webster

New York Times

Michelle Morgan's It Happened in L.A. is an ensemble comedy aspiring to wordy Woody Allen sophistication but lacking serious political or satirical bite. And yet, glimmers of promise abound.

Nov 2, 2017

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Tomris Laffly

Film Journal International

A sharp, witty Los Angeles satire full of quotable gold, 'It Happened in L.A. delightfully portrays its writer-director's love-hate relationship with the City of Angels.

Nov 1, 2017

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

Once it sheds the immediate air of imitation, L.A. Times vastly improves and even becomes charming.

Jan 28, 2017

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

With a title like It Happened in L.A., the city itself ought to be an integral part of the tapestry. The sad thing is, Morgan (who also wrote the movie) seems to think it is.

Dec 11, 2020

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

Consistently taking chances on pleasingly oddball ideas to accompany finely crafted one-liners, the filmmaker assuredly balances tone and multiple storylines, showing the confidence that her onscreen alter ego is in search of.

Nov 2, 2018

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Bradley Gibson

Film Threat

In the wrong hands, this could have been a very dry repetition of situations seen onscreen before, but Morgan deftly and gently introduces sympathetic characters we become attached to despite their flaws.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 17, 2017

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Synopsis

Annette and Elliot are a mostly happy, moderately neurotic Los Angeles couple. Maybe Annette doesn't enjoy game nights or taco stands as much as Elliot enjoys them, but no relationship is perfect, right? Rather than embracing their differences, Annette can only compare her relationship to her friends' relationships that portray happiness. This cannot be endorsed by Annette's beautiful but romantically troubled best friend, Baker, who is very well-versed on the bleakness of the LA dating scene.

Director: Michelle Morgan
Executive Producer: Tom Dolby, Susanne Filkins, Susan Wrubel, Jorma Taccone, Jason Potash, Abdi Nazemian, Michael J. Mailis
Screenwriter: Michelle Morgan
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: Storyboard Entertainment, Water's End Productions
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2017

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