Solondz is really a new direction wunderkind. His characters in "Happiness" where somewhat sick but you can see that the director has loved the losers in his film. I only could say the screenplay was better then the screenplays for "Shakespeare in Love" or "The Truman Show". The actors were top notch and the close scene with the dog belongs to the best scenes of the year. If you like the films of the Joel Coen or Quentin Tarantino you will like the films of Todd Solondz. Nevertheless I will try to get his first film "Welcome to the Dollhouse" on video.
Review of Happiness
