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- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 38 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Two runaway convicts disguise themselves as gay pageant directors in a little Texas town.
Directed By: Mark Illsley
Written By: Ed Stone, Phil Reeves, Mark Illsley
- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 38 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 38 m
Happy, Texas
62
7.2
Summary Two runaway convicts disguise themselves as gay pageant directors in a little Texas town.
Directed By: Mark Illsley
Written By: Ed Stone, Phil Reeves, Mark Illsley
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
62
65% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
26% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
62
65% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
26% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Anybody 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.
So 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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.2
70% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
13% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.2
70% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
13% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
The 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.
Steve 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.
A wonderful premise that delivers solid laughs and has a heart as big as the state in which this farce unfolds.
If we had a story we could believe, we'd be in stitches.
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.
Production Company
Marked Entertainment,
Miramax
Release Date Oct 1, 1999
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.
Awards
Satellite Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
