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- 2002
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 42 m
- 2002
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A bittersweet comedy about a poor, aging bachelor who hasn't had luck in love. When he thinks he meets the woman of his dreams, he leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Yimou Zhang
- 2002
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 42 m
- 2002
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 42 m
Happy Times
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4.2
Summary A bittersweet comedy about a poor, aging bachelor who hasn't had luck in love. When he thinks he meets the woman of his dreams, he leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Yimou Zhang
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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70% Positive
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16 Reviews
22% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
63
70% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
22% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Just as Zhao uses his comic gifts to create an affecting human, so Dong's performance as Wu is a triumph of honesty and tact.
This is a film that goes its own way to the end as it asks the audience, "What you just saw, were they happy times or not?" The question is a good one, and the answer, like this film, is sure to stay with you.
Shares many things with ''Not One Less'' and ''The Road Home,'' among them a grass-roots sensibility that ultimately puts a premium on hope and simple kindnesses, while acknowledging the seductive power of money and superficial success.
It manages to be sentimental without seeming trashy.
The girl's blindness may have been meant to symbolize a trusting populace, but she's the one character who clearly sees what's what and who is trustworthy.
Happy Times doesn't buck the clichés so much as infuse them with feeling, playing off the pleasant, unforced rhythm of two characters who pine for simple companionship.
The film's maudlin focus on the young woman's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of Hollywood heart-string plucking.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
4.2
17% Positive
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User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
4.2
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Production Company
Xin Huamian Film,
Guangxi Film Studio
Release Date Jul 26, 2002
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG
Awards
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Hundred Flowers Awards
• 2 Nominations
Huabiao Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
