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2012
PG-13
Variance Films
1 h 37 m

2012
PG-13
Variance Films
1 h 37 m

Summary The Trouble with Bliss tells the story of 35-year-old Morris Bliss, who is clamped firmly in the jaws of New York City inertia. He wants to travel but has no money; he needs a job but has no prospects; and he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, who treats Morris with a mix of disdain and exasperation. When he finds himsel...

Directed By: Michael Knowles

Written By: Douglas Light, Michael Knowles

2012
PG-13
Variance Films
1 h 37 m

2012
PG-13
Variance Films
1 h 37 m

The Trouble with Bliss

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews

38

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings

4.1

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Summary The Trouble with Bliss tells the story of 35-year-old Morris Bliss, who is clamped firmly in the jaws of New York City inertia. He wants to travel but has no money; he needs a job but has no prospects; and he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, who treats Morris with a mix of disdain and exasperation. When he finds himsel...

Directed By: Michael Knowles

Written By: Douglas Light, Michael Knowles

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews

8% Positive
1 Review

50% Mixed
6 Reviews

42% Negative
5 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews

8% Positive
1 Review

50% Mixed
6 Reviews

42% Negative
5 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Mar 22, 2012

Populated with unlikely occurrences and oddball characters, it plays out, to put it most complimentary, like a dull, slower moving "After Hours."

Mar 21, 2012

Even in an old T-shirt and scruff of beard, Hall seems too canny and calculated a presence to entirely inhabit this man-child role, which lends a compelling edge to an otherwise scattershot story of urban misadventure and coming of age.

The New York Times

Mar 22, 2012

Nobody in this sweet-natured, low-testosterone trifle is out for blood. Mr. Hall gives an agreeable portrayal of a man-child not unlike David Fisher, his character on "Six Feet Under."

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

Mar 20, 2012

Hall's puppy-dog charisma holds up under the strain, but it isn't nearly enough to keep this messy midlife-crisis dramedy afloat. A little of this Bliss goes a long way.

Mar 23, 2012

Without much actual character to latch on to, most of the actors seem lost and awkward, even the usually dependable Hall.

By Ian Buckwalter FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 22, 2012

The "Dexter" star gives it his all in this indie comedy about a 35-year-old unemployed man coping with various romantic and life crises, but by the end of this terminally cute effort you'll wish that he just stop moping and kill somebody already.

By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Mar 22, 2012

The biggest trouble with "Bliss" is the way it wastes a cast that deserves so much more.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings

20% Positive
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40% Mixed
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40% Negative
4 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings

20% Positive
2 Ratings

40% Mixed
4 Ratings

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Details

Production Company 7A Productions, Off Hollywood Pictures, Topiary Productions, Torn Sky Entertainment

Release Date Mar 23, 2012

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating PG-13

Genres

Tagline Find your bliss. Then follow it.

Website http://www.facebook.com/thetroublewithbliss

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Awards

San Diego Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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