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Happy Here and Now
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Noir | Sci-fi
Written by: Michael Almereyda
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 14, 2005
DVD: December 26, 2005
Running Time: 89 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for some language
Starring Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy, Josephine Martin, Gloria Reuben, Liane Balaban, and David Arquette
Set just a few moments into the future, Happy Here and Now hinges on an around-the-corner sci-fi premise, involving a computer technology that allows people to project alternate identities over the Internet. But the movie's dreamlike aspect emerges from real people and places. As various characters cross paths, a larger story takes shape-a chronicle of isolated souls searching for connection in a contemporary wilderness. (IFC Films)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
LA Weekly Scott Foundas
Since premiering on the festival circuit in 2002, this small masterpiece has been one of the best films around not to secure a proper theatrical release, and while one week on a single L.A. screen at the height of the crowded holiday season may not exactly qualify as proper, it's nevertheless a joyous happening.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
This is a droll, laid-back film noir steeped in Crescent City atmosphere and music that culminates in the colliding worlds of genuine and virtual reality.
Read Full Review >Variety Scott Foundas
Isn't for everyone. It seems certain to confound as many viewers as it will inspire. But pic will foster a core critical contingent that will find itself transfixed and, ultimately, deeply moved by the film's ravishing power.
Read Full Review >Village Voice David Ng
When Amelia takes the full multimedia plunge in the movie's final moments, Happy becomes something inexplicably (and metaphysically) beautiful.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter David Hunter
Beautifully acted and filmed, with the Internet imagery rendered in Pixelvision.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
It's perhaps most remarkable as a sweet, mysterious portrait of pre-flood New Orleans, which Almereyda not incorrectly portrays as a land of wandering, uncertain souls.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
The soundtrack includes great songs by Andre Williams and Shirley Ellis, and music by local R'n'B legend Ernie K-Doe and electronic organ freakazoid Quintron, who both appear in the film.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Like some other contemporary films that try to stitch together a small army of characters into a community of sorts, Happy Here and Now feels like a symptom in search of a cure.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
A few relevant themes do bubble up from this visually intriguing swamp of self-indulgence, but Arquette's pseudo-philosopher seems to speak for Almereyda when he says, "If there was a point, there wouldn't be a story."
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
Almereyda's muddled Happy Here and Now should have stayed on the shelf - where it's been gathering dust for several years.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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