Review of Happy Times

Happy Times (2019)
2/10
For an hour, not bad. Then it falls apart.
13 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The first hour contains some reasonably telling satire about how thin the veneer of good will can be in society, but the moviemakers are determined to put a lot of ketchup on screen and the excuses for it become increasingly strained. At one point, apparently despairing of natural motivations, the script starts relying on a bottle of drugged water to turn some characters nasty.

Israeli viewers may recognize some well-liked actors-- Mike Burstyn, Guy Adler, Michael Aloni, Shani Atias... They've all worked in better projects than this. And by the way, in Israel the movie is rated for general admission with no age restrictions, but I wouldn't recommend taking a kid to see it. (PS - Okay, after a week the ads started saying "Ages 14 and up.")
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