The Happy Sad

2013

1h 27m

Drama

LGBTQ+

List

71%

14 Reviews

Tomatometer

32%

100+ Ratings

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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

Sexy and soapy, this modern-day romance about sexually adventurous couples mixing things up is a gem.

Aug 19, 2013

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Stephen Farber

Hollywood Reporter

Evans directs energetically, and the personable actors help to keep us involved, but the picture skims stubbornly along the surface.

Aug 19, 2013

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

An engaging look at a pair of New York couples whose love lives intersect, crisscross, circle and backtrack in hip and provocative ways.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 16, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

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.

Aug 22, 2019

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Kam Williams

AALBC.com

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.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 16, 2013

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David Noh

Film Journal International

An intriguing urban subject is completely done in by a dreary, banal script, making you wonder why we should care about these wannabe hipsters.

Aug 16, 2013

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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!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Sehr oberflÃÂ¤chliche Darstellung mehrerer Menschen, die experimentieren bevor sie erkennen, dass das was sie hatten das richtige war.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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good drama about relationships.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

The Miserably Sad would have been a better title for this exercise in bitterness.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Credible? No. Laughable? Characters who get on your nerves? And more.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Rodney Evans

Director

Sorel Carradine

Annie

Cameron Scoggins

Stan

Maria Dizzia

Mandy

Jamie Harrold

Neil

Sue Jean Kim

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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: Keith Louis Brown, Susan Shopmaker, Ken Urban
Screenwriter: Ken Urban
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 14, 2014
Runtime: 1h 27m

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