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Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: A family is aghast when guests at their peaceful mountain inn keep dying. To keep bad word of mouth from spreading, they chop up and bury the guests.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The biggest surprise for Miike fans and musical lovers alike is that for all the black humor of this deliriously bizarre fantasy "Happiness" is a warmhearted film about sacrifice, support and four generations of family togetherness.
  2. Reviewed by: Adrian Martin
    80
    A camp musical-comedy hoot. It comes on like an outrageous episode of "The Simpsons" or "South Park."
  3. 80
    A joyously demented musical-comedy built on a macabre foundation, like "The Sound Of Music" with a kickline of corpses.
  4. Occasionally, this film is funny and cute. When the family's little girl narrates, it reaches a level of humor that is ironic and endearing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4