This film is a witty, intelligent look at modern relationships in all their complexity. From the delayed consequences of lies and secrets to revelations about ones self and ones relationships to finding a proper ending for ones life story, this is a delightful drama and a serious human comedy.

Love multiple-intertwined story movies if they get get at least a liitle depth. In comparison Crash may have been famously cast and well-acted but it was far too flitting / characters left under-developed. This was well explored and albeit simply (through the text) well connected. The characters were less 2-dimensional, and thank goodness humorous and less depressing (i.e. more like Pulp).

My response to Rob F: Bad reviews due to "homophobic film critics?" Nonsense! I see myself as more homophobic than today's average film critic, and I loved the film for its humor, its humanity, its insights, its Altmanesque convolutions and its sheer visual beauty.

The most unfairly maligned film of the year - and one of the best!

Don Roos uses title cards as a replacement for a voice-over, which are usually done in the first-person, but his commentaries are written in third-person, and had they been narrated, "Happy Endings" might've resembled Rebecca Miller's "Personal Velocity". Roos gives the moviegoer a choice; you can either read the fine print, or ignore the added information without any fatal hinderance to your understanding of the narrative. By ignoring the title cards, the characters have more ambiguity. But if you read silently to yourself, you're participating in the film. You're the narrator. Roos' experiment might be unnecessary(unnecessary because he steals some of the spotlight from the great Maggie Gyllenhaal, the underrated Lisa Kudrow, and the unbeknownst Tom Arnold), but the conceit works if you have a hypothesis for its justification.… Expand

Casting Maggie Gyllenhaal as a calculating young skank didn't ring true - she's too old for the role, cavorting around with young 20-somethings. Her singing performance at the end as a sort of character redemption (typical Hollywood Happy Ending!) made me want to slap the screenwriter/director. Kudrow's character was irritating and unrealistic, except the actress letting her age/wrinkles show through (minimal Botox - wow). Her meltdown at the beginning/ending made you feel cheated, like "oh come on heifer! Will you get a grip". The two son's featured in the film were zero-dimensional.… Expand

Got off to a slow start and I almost gave up on it, but the quirky characters and raw emotions won me over. Lisa Kudrow was very good. Maggie Gyllenhaal was amazing as usual and I really enjoyed her version of "Don't go Changin'" at the end. I found the occasinal split screen narrative distracting, but it was a wothwhile movie experience for me.

The Opposite of Sex is one of my all-time favorite movies because Don Roos succeeds so masterfully at presenting unlikable characters and making them eminently likable. Happy Endings fails utterly in this respect. The characters start out unlikable and remain that way throughout the movie. The acting is great, but not enough to save this movie from being a festival of misery and depression.

So I loved The Opposite of Sex and I expected this one to be really similar, if not irritatingly the same. But it wasn't. I didn't really consider this a comedy or a dramedy. It was abstract and sad and moving. Don Roos, whether intentionally or not, moved me with this film. With chaos and beauty, he amazed me. The performances were great, the script was amazing. This movie was beautiful and caught we way off guard.… Expand

Great fun. I was hoping the movie would last a hour longer. A different type of movie that woked out very well. I was happy I watched it on DVD so could replay and enjoy parts a second time! Makes me happy a film can entertain so well without a zillion dollar budget!

Why is this funny, smart and ultimate touching film getting lousy reviews? Homophobic film ciritcs.

A really fresh and quirky film with three-dimentional characters that are as complex and conflicted as we all are in real life. Great writing, acting and direction, and interwoven plot lines that remind you of the hidden links that connect us to each another. Go in with an open mind and you're in for a treat.