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Margarita Happy Hour

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Set against the backdrop of the underground music and art scenes in New York, "Margarita Happy Hour" is a film about life after the party. Five disreputable young women meet in the late afternoon hours of half-price drink specials and jabber uninhibitedly about life, libidos, and lactation. The heroine of this real life "Sex and the City" quintet is Zelda (Eleanor Hutchins), an artist and unwed mother struggling to hold on to her persona as sexy, rock star-seducing siren.

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Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer 08/01/2002
3/4
The strength of Hutchins' performance and the open-endedness of Chaiken's film keep Zelda vivid long after the fade-out. Go to Full Review
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 07/05/2002
4/5
Effective in all its aspects, Margarita Happy Hour represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken. Go to Full Review
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post 05/17/2002
3/5
With its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters ... Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake. Go to Full Review
Film Threat 12/06/2005
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/26/2005
1/5
Merle Bertrand Film Threat 12/08/2002
3/5
Highly uneven and inconsistent ... Margarita Happy Hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Set against the backdrop of the underground music and art scenes in New York, "Margarita Happy Hour" is a film about life after the party. Five disreputable young women meet in the late afternoon hours of half-price drink specials and jabber uninhibitedly about life, libidos, and lactation. The heroine of this real life "Sex and the City" quintet is Zelda (Eleanor Hutchins), an artist and unwed mother struggling to hold on to her persona as sexy, rock star-seducing siren.
Director
Ilya Chaiken
Producer
Michael Ellenbogen, Susan Leber
Screenwriter
Ilya Chaiken
Distributor
Passport Pictures
Production Co
Passport Pictures, Susie Q Productions [us], Little Z Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 2002, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.5K
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)