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100Anybody with a soft spot for fakers, who either identifies with them or just admires their chutzpah, is going to get a kick out of Happy, Texas.
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90Sweet and hilarious, a classic crowd-pleaser which elevates rather than eviscerates the homespun eccentrics who make up its cast of characters.
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90A hoot, a hilarious comedy that's smart and caring, yet sexy and ingenious enough that it just might stir up some of that elusive "Full Monty"-style box-office appeal.
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90An easy charm, a cleverly unforced sense of humor and a benignity toward all its genially oddball characters. If moviegoers skip this one, they'll be missing a real treat.
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80So full of winning performances and so disarmingly uncynical in its affection for its characters, it manages to leave you with a Texas-size grin on your face anyway.
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80Keeps the laughs coming, and a dynamo named Steve Zahn is the cheif reason why. It's a one-joke movie, but the cast knows how to sell it.
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75Zahn's dazed and confused, droopy-mustached dude steals every scene he's in...a movie that will make you smile and put a lump in your throat.
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75This is one of those comedies that doesn't pound us on the head with the obvious, but simply lets us share vast amusement.
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75The performances are first-rate, with the always inventive Macy a standout as the hopeful, tormented Chappy, and Zahn a scream as the lovably imbecilic Wayne.
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75It's a funny and occasionally poignant movie.
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75I can't imagine anyone not feeling entertained by Happy, Texas.
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75A fresh, well-written comedy that doesn't lag, casts its actors against type and has a real love for its characters.
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70A very cynical exploitation of the current Hollywood vogue for things queer. Still, the film is a must-see.
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70So soft-hearted it wouldn't hurt a fly.
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70Steve Zahn shines throughout Mark Illsley's feature debut, Happy, Texas, elevating this eccentric small-town comedy a notch or two above its level of writing.
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70Along with a lot of 10-gallon laughs, Happy, Texas rustles up plenty of goodwill for its larcenous, sexually ambiguous leading men.
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67A comedy of '90s sexual inclusiveness as effervescent as a cold sody pop -- and about as intoxicating.
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65Zahn, however, is definitely the star of the film, with his quirky portrayal of Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr. getting all of the laughs, and none of the credit.
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63Don't expect a lot, and you'll probably enjoy Happy, Texas, as I did -- mostly. At the very least, Steve Zahn will make you laugh.
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63It's soft-edged fun that loses direction (or, given the scattershot plot, directions).
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60A wonderful premise that delivers solid laughs and has a heart as big as the state in which this farce unfolds.
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60What makes the film ultimately successful, though, is the outstanding comic talents that inhabit it, especially Zahn and Macy.
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50All the right elements for a rollicking farce, except one: The movie isn't funny.
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50Illsley's fine cast, with a riotous contribution from William H. Macy as the sheriff who falls for Harry, plays out the comedy without condescension.
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50Thank heaven for William H. Macy, whose portrayal of Happy's sheriff strikes the only honest note in a film that earns its laughs the cheap way.
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50If we had a story we could believe, we'd be in stitches.
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50A humble comic fable, puttering along with a sunny grin, a goofy sentimentality, and not much else.
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50Its charm and humor will be overshadowed for some by the exploitation of gay stereotypes--which is ironic, since their arch usage ultimately allows the movie to be progressive, if only slightly.
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38Neither the actors nor their characters engender much affection.
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30Sputters to a dead halt right out of the gate. One labored scenario follows another.
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Screwball mistaken-identity crapfest...it's just utterly plain, a confection so bland you don't even care that it doesn't really make any sense at the end.
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