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      What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

      1968 1h 34m Comedy Adventure List
      Reviews 62% 50+ Ratings Audience Score An exotic bird infects an artist (George Peppard) with a happiness virus which he and his girlfriend (Mary Tyler Moore) give to New York. Read More Read Less

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      Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies What's So Bad About Feeling Good? manages to find the humor in an epidemic and also shows audiences the proper pandemic protocols decades before Covid. Rated: 4/5 May 24, 2023 Full Review Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network The film is an often-keen satire (written by Seaton and Robert Pirosh) that fears going too far. And there are comedic bits that are hilarious and others that fall flat. Rated: B Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Michael Barrett PopMatters Even though I wished for more happy action and less time in the bunker, I can hardly complain about a movie so, ahem, infectious. Jul 20, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      eric b "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" has a title that reeks of mediocre gimmickry, and indeed this film is more than a little silly. A mysterious toucan carrying a virus that causes delirious happiness comes to New York via a Greek freight boat. Its first local stop is a cynical beatnik pad, where dropped-out longhairs (led by the miscast George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore) eternally scowl about the hopelessness of metropolitan life. (You'll want to see Moore, a couple of years before superstardom, gamely singing a free-form guitar lament with lines like "I find peace of mind in the theory/That true existence is dreary.") The bird works its magic -- personality transformations are signaled with a none-too-subtle "boing" sound -- and soon the gang is merrily dancing arm in arm on the roof. From there, they conspire to spread the bug around town, and soon the frazzled mayor is worried about the loss of city revenue (reduced smoking and drinking mean less sales tax, you see). Eventually, he calls in a flamboyant government agent (Dom Deluise, who has the film's best part) to solve the problem. "What's So Bad" has some cute moments (several involve "The Sack," an unnamed girl who protests the world by hiding in a burlap bag), but the stodgy script isn't sharp enough to have any real satirical bite. The beatnik characterizations feel outdated in the time of peace-and-love hippies, and the leads' initial euphoria quickly fades to a bland, status-quo conformity that isn't consistent with the infection's established pathology. Moore and Peppard get haircuts and polish their wardrobes, and soon pass for casually "normal." They even turn stressed and neurotic when trying to hide the bird from the authorities. Wait, weren't they supposed to be irrationally happy? By the end, the film's mixed message seems more about frowning on deviant values than preaching the virtues of good cheer. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member goofy but sweetly good natured Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I recommended them to include this flick! I loved this movie as a kid, and I think it's one of those movies what we need today, love, joy, happiness! A great young cast and the movie is hseer fun, with some musical scenes, A definite movie to watch for an afternoon! Top 20 Flicks! Alot of people have foregotten this funny flick of the late 60's... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An exotic bird infects an artist (George Peppard) with a happiness virus which he and his girlfriend (Mary Tyler Moore) give to New York.
      Director
      George Seaton
      Genre
      Comedy, Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 34m