#1235: SOLONDZ, Todd: Happiness (1998)
SOLONDZ, Todd (United States)
Happiness [1998]
Spine #1235
As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz’s portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban “normalcy.” An extraordinary ensemble cast—including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker—embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his pedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.
Todd Solondz was 39 when he directed Happiness.
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Happiness [1998]
Spine #1235
Blu-ray
As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz’s portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban “normalcy.” An extraordinary ensemble cast—including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker—embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his pedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.
140 minutes
2.0 Surround
Color
1:85:1
Criterion Release 2024
Color
1:85:1
Criterion Release 2024
Todd Solondz was 39 when he directed Happiness.
Other Solondz films in the Collection:
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Commentary
Video tribute
Documentary 1
Documentary 2
Documentary 3
Controversial altered ending
Theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Commentary
Video tribute
Documentary 1
Documentary 2
Documentary 3
Controversial altered ending
Theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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