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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary One part Woodstock and one part Lord of the Flies, this semi-autobiographical film tells the story of Victor, a neglected child of parents living on a commune. Helpless to resist the atmosphere of sex and drugs that permeates their world, Victor and his promiscuous girlfriend are also smart enough to know that if they are ever going to s...

Directed By: Adam Sherman

Written By: Adam Sherman

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 28 m

Happiness Runs

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary One part Woodstock and one part Lord of the Flies, this semi-autobiographical film tells the story of Victor, a neglected child of parents living on a commune. Helpless to resist the atmosphere of sex and drugs that permeates their world, Victor and his promiscuous girlfriend are also smart enough to know that if they are ever going to s...

Directed By: Adam Sherman

Written By: Adam Sherman

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Loosely based on writer-director Adam Sherman's similar cult upbringing and disillusionment, the film builds on a fascinating cautionary tale, but doesn't develop its characters past whatever movie-of-the-week crisis each suffers from.
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We get the broad strokes of how the hippies corrupted their own movement, but there isn't a single lead character we'd give a dollar to on Haight Street.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
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The kids' story gets out of control, but Andie MacDowell is a pleasantly earthy mess as Victor's out-of-it mother, and familiar New York faces (Ann Magnuson, Mark Boone Jr., Richard Edson) lend quirky support as the out-of-it elders.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
25
As the film builds to a feverish hysteria, you have to work hard to keep from laughing.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
20
An overwrought and undernourished drama.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
10
An astoundingly bad memory piece that blows its potential dramatic heft at every turn.
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This strident exposé may gladden the hearts of some anti-’60s conservatives, but it is a shapeless mess steeped in prurience. Its grain of truthfulness, however, is just enough to leave you unsettled in the pit of your stomach.
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Production Company Happiness Runs
Release Date May 7, 2010
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Generation Lost
Website http://www.happinessruns.com/
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Awards

Beverly Hills Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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