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  • 2002
  • Passport Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2002
  • Passport Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Set against the backdrop of the underground music and art scenes in New York, Margarita Happy Hour is a film about life after the party. Five "disreputable" young women meet in the late afternoon hours of half price drink specials and jabber uninhibitedly about life, libidos, and lactation. (Passport Pictures)

Directed By: Ilya Chaiken

Written By: Ilya Chaiken

  • 2002
  • Passport Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2002
  • Passport Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m

Margarita Happy Hour

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Set against the backdrop of the underground music and art scenes in New York, Margarita Happy Hour is a film about life after the party. Five "disreputable" young women meet in the late afternoon hours of half price drink specials and jabber uninhibitedly about life, libidos, and lactation. (Passport Pictures)

Directed By: Ilya Chaiken

Written By: Ilya Chaiken

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
66
77% Positive
10 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
66
77% Positive
10 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
8% Negative
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80
Emerges a surprisingly in-depth, wistful look at outgrowing a youth-only subculture.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
80
Chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident -- she catches subtler interior strains, too.
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW
75
Stunning, beautifully observed character study.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
70
Ms. Chaiken isn't much interested in melodramatic plot developments. Her talent lies in an evocative, accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively, convincing dialogue she creates for her characters.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
70
Breaks in the film's otherwise smooth continuum, however, are bridged by Hutchins' soulful performance, and by Chaiken's excellent feel for the grace notes and steady tempo of native New York life, the sacredness of female friendship, and the precarious balance between love for oneself and for others.
By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert FULL REVIEW
60
Feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
38
The production is as gaily colored as the margaritas, but the overall result is wan.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Passport Pictures, Little Z Productions, Susie Q Productions
Release Date Mar 22, 2002
Duration 1 h 38 m
Genres
Tagline Sex, the city and the single mother.
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Prism Awards
• 1 Nomination

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