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The Happy Sad

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The lives of two couples in New York City -- one, gay and black, and the other, heterosexual and white -- intertwine when they explore sexual identity and redefine monogamy.
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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 08/19/2013
Sexy and soapy, this modern-day romance about sexually adventurous couples mixing things up is a gem. Go to Full Review Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter 08/19/2013
Evans directs energetically, and the personable actors help to keep us involved, but the picture skims stubbornly along the surface. Go to Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 08/16/2013
3.5/5
An engaging look at a pair of New York couples whose love lives intersect, crisscross, circle and backtrack in hip and provocative ways. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/22/2019
Evans' film is one of the rare examples depicting people that exist in a recognizable environment, each struggling, as we all do, to achieve that tenuous idea we perceive to be happiness, and the sadness that must accompany in order to appreciate it. Go to Full Review Kam Williams AALBC.com 08/16/2013
3/4
You almost need a score card to keep track of all the coupling, uncoupling, and re-coupling, but the out-of-the-closet antics are amusing enough to intrigue. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/11/2016 That Carradine is REAL hard to look at it. Whats with all the scars/ marks on her wrists?? Someone throw this broad a cheeseburger already - heavy on the Mayo! See more 01/15/2015 Sehr oberflächliche Darstellung mehrerer Menschen, die experimentieren bevor sie erkennen, dass das was sie hatten das richtige war. See more 09/29/2014 good drama about relationships. See more 08/26/2014 Not seeing where the angst is coming from. The saving grace was Maria Dizzia. She was the only emotionally grounded presence in the film. The sad part is the unintended message that the white, aloof, (mostly) heteronormative couple get to fuck up other people's lives and continue on happily ever, despite the film's hard effort showing that their relationship would never work. I was happy, happy when it was over. See more 07/08/2014 The Miserably Sad would have been a better title for this exercise in bitterness. See more 04/14/2014 Credible? No. Laughable? Characters who get on your nerves? And more. See more Read all reviews
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Rodney Evans

Director

Sorel Carradine

Annie

Cameron Scoggins

Stan

Maria Dizzia

Mandy

Jamie Harrold

Neil

Sue Jean Kim

Alice

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Synopsis The lives of two couples in New York City -- one, gay and black, and the other, heterosexual and white -- intertwine when they explore sexual identity and redefine monogamy.
Director
Rodney Evans
Producer
Rodney Evans, Tory Lenosky, Dita Gruze, Alexandra Peck, Esra Saydam
Screenwriter
Ken Urban
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 14, 2014
Runtime
1h 27m
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