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Happy Tears
Directed by
Mitchell Lichtenstein
2009
1h 36m
R
Drama
,
Comedy
5.2
29%
22%
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Two sisters return home to deal with their ailing father, only to face some surprising situations.
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Cast of Happy Tears
Parker Posey
Jane
Demi Moore
Laura
Ellen Barkin
Shelly
Christian Camargo
Jackson
Rip Torn
Joe
Billy Magnussen
Ray
Richard Barlow
Mitch
Peter Patrikios
Driver
Susan Blommaert
Mallory
Celia Weston
Neighbor
Tom McNutt
Neighbor
Roger Rees
Antiques Dealer
Marilyn Yoblick
Yard Sale Woman
Patti D'Arbanville
Joe's Nurse
Sebastian Roché
Laurent
Happy Tears Reviews
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
A cringe-inducing, self-consciously kooky indie comedy that's best enjoyed for its taste of Rip Torn, who, judging by his recent alleged bank break-in, comes to loose-cannon stuff naturally.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Happy Tears settles for the usual moments, even at its quirkiest.
Observer
Rex Reed
A vulgar, happy-as-cancer aberration that takes the dysfunctional family idea to a new low. Whimsical, yes. Happy, never.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
Hollywood's strong female actors have in Lichtenstein a young talent who gives them the roles they deserve.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
On its way to a climax that ends every plot strand on an unrealistically upbeat and pat note, Happy Tears loses sight of what made the film so engrossing in the first place.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Happy Tears is a complete mess of a movie, but Lichtenstein conjures some sweet moments and striking metaphors -- and none more striking than Posey's $500 boots, which look either black or blue, given the available light.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
In the role of a dialed-down, capable woman, Demi Moore suggests dramatic possibilities for future roles. She projects a kind of calm, and it's attractive.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Writer and director Mitchell Lichtenstein struggles to find the humor in a host of horrors.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
In this year's crop of Oscar-nominated shorts, the animated category beats the live-action offerings.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Moore steals Happy Tears by underplaying -- in what may be the warmest performance of her career.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Succeeds only at suggesting the incompatibility of returning-home dramedy and surrealistic flights of fancy.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
Other than the guest-starring appearance of Cy Twombly canvases, nothing distinguishes this poor relation of The Savages from all the other emotionally fraudulent Amerindies about familial dysfunction and reconciliation.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Lichtenstein dutifully unpacks the family's unhappy past, but he's so easily distracted by surreal dream sequences and colorful supporting characters that his main story gradually dries up into a sitcom.
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Happy Tears, is simply weird. The funny has gone missing.
Variety
Leslie Felperin
Happy Tears is less of a mess than it looks like, despite its quirk-infested, baggy midsection.
Indie Movies Online
Kimberly Gadette
Not all of the subplots work, but with its flights of fancy, strong acting and a cockeyed skew of family dysfunction, Happy Tears most certainly tries.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clint O'Connor
What's worse, the super-tired plot or the pretentious daydream asides? Despite Demi Moore and Parker Posey, the only time I was happy was when I was leaving the theater.
Metromix.com
Matt Pais
Realism falls victim to quirk yet again.
Oregonian
Marc Mohan
If the plot unfolded in a less formulaic way, this could have been an impressive dark-tinged comedy. But in the end, it's more a case of talented actors trying to find something fresh in a fairly stale tale.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
An oddball family drama with idiosyncratic characters and a handful of surreal scenes.
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