...And They Lived Happily Ever After
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Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Summary: A look at three male friends and the women in their lives.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    88
    With husband and wife starring, you can't help but wonder which details here are autobiographical. No matter: This is obviously a deeply personal work for Attal, whose comic timing and passion can only serve him well both on screen and off.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    Happily Ever After is an exhilarating, joyous picture, but it's sometimes terrifying, too. It offers a vision of marriage as an adventure we embark on together, alone. If you didn't cry, you'd laugh.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    60
    Manages to be a diverting and funny character study, at least most of the time.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: David Ng
    20
    This would-be comedy about a thirtysomething family man (Attal) and his foray into infidelity is probably the worst in the putrid bushel of recent Gallic imports.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. jdoc
    9
    Far more serious than its surface suggests. Great acting, esp. from Gainsbourg.
  2. JD
    8
    As my own marraige flatlines, I found a challenge in this movie from characters who are willing - too willing, for the most part - to make literal and figurative messes in their lives. Passion can seem to be at odds with compassion, as in the married adulterer who is hurting two women at the same time, but the movie may be saying that they can only co-exist - without both, you end up with indifference. The sexy elevator rides that begin and end the movie clearly symbolize our erotic conundrums - the ride to the heights is always followed by the return trip down to the doldrums. Choose - a marriage of boring mutual tolerance and total acceptance versus the more challenging marital mess of the couples in this film.… Expand

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