Review of Happiness

Happiness (1998)
8/10
Love it or hate it... no middle ground on this black comedy
30 January 2000
The vignettes are often funny with a great deal of pain in this brilliant film. This video will be hard to find, as many stores refuse to put it on their shelves due to the subject matter--one of the characters is a pedophile.

It begins with an encounter in a restaurant where Jon Lovitz condemns his date for wanting to break up with him. It turns out that everyone in this film is hurting in some way... eventually even the wife who "has it all" is put into a painful situation.

The one character I thought was "normal" turns out to be a murderer. This is the blackest comedy I can ever recall seeing.

The film itself is very well made. If you're open minded and enjoy offbeat, dark comedy, check it out. It's a trip!
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