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Mamie is being blackmailed. This filmmaker named Nick claims to know Mamie's son -- the one she gave up for adoption -- but Nick won't introduce her to him unless he can film the reunion. Enter Javier...( read more 
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MCT:May 13, 2008Because of actors in it, I gave this movie a shot. At the start, it was entertaining to watch them do scenes together as the story (several stories) unfolded. Unfortunately, so thin and combining 3 of them to try to fill up a movie didn't really keep me interested. I sat through the whole thing and can spare anyone looking for a story here. The story doesn't cut it and there is no great "reveal". Looks like it was written and produced by a college student. Maggie and Tom are in good form, but the movie is very forgettable. Save your time and skip it.
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MCT:April 28, 2008An interesting film with lots of stories intersecting into one another. While some stories are better than others, the cast are great. Lisa Kudrow and Steve Coogan play against type and show that they are great dramatic actors while Maggie Gyllenhaal makes a money grabbing songstress amazingly likeable. There will be something here for everyone as a lot is covered and for the most part this is a great comedy/drama.
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MCT:April 15, 2008Can't find too much fault with a movie that manages to get some decent acting from Tom Arnold, but there's just a little too much contrivance.
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MCT:March 15, 2008HAPPY ENDINGS (2005)
directed by Don Roos
starring Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie GyllenhaalVarious characters intersect over a long period of time in Los Angeles. A woman (Lisa Kudrow) who gave up her child for adoption as a teen is dating a mexican guy (Bobby Cannavale) on whom a young man (Jesse bradford) is doing a documentary and when the project is over he'll tell her where her child is now. Lisa Kudrow's character's step-brother (Steve Coogan) - also the child's father - is gay and his boyfriend donated sperm to his best friend (Laura Dern) - a lesbian - and they fight over who the real dad of her kid is. While, at Steve Coogan's character's restaurant, there is a young man (Jason Ritter) with a band - he is gay too - and he meets a girl (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and she falls for his father (Tom Arnold). Yeah, it quite simple I know.Happy Endings start out trying to be a bit too quirky but then things get fixed and go on the right way but its still doesnt get that interesting. None of the plot line are entertaining but they arent boring either, just alright. All the way through the film, the screen split and gives us informations on the characters which arent always useful but sometimes funny.
Happy Endings is neither a real comedy or a drama cause we never really laugh, only smile and its not particularly moving. Its plays out alright and it feels a bit too long. The ending is over twenty-minute long.
The best thing about this film is the cast, all giving fairly good performances, my favorite being Tom Arnold in an honest role and Lisa Kudrow showing that she is much talented. Bobby Cannavale is interesting as well. Not a bad movie but nothing memorable about it either.
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MCT:February 23, 2008
A quirky comedy... The characters are not necessarily likable but on the other hand, their flaws aren't anything you would fault them for... so in the end, you feel happy knowing that they have "happy endings"... and if you feel that way about them, then the movie was able to accomplish its intention of allowing you to relate to the characters. By the way, it seems quite coincidental that many times when I watch movies, the same actor or actress ends up in them. In this case, it's Maggie Gyllenhaal. I just finished watching Stranger than Fiction, and then watched this movie, too. Last month I saw Delicatessen, and recently I saw Diva, both with Dominique Pinon. PS. I didn't realize Otis was played by Jason Ritter, John Ritter's son.
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BeautifulLovedandBlessedposted 507 days ago
