tdrish Whoa and wow! Happiness pulls no punches. It examines the lives of various people. Are any of these people you? The guy down the hall, too weird to talk to the girl he thinks he's in love with...will he stalk her, for his own happiness? The pedophile man who likes little boys, will he give in to his own sexual gratification...for his own happiness? Happiness, simply put, examines the lives of people, situations, and circumstances which finds the viewer unsettled, and a bit uncomfortable. In case you do not understand why this is happening, its because this film plays out almost perfectly on your raw emotions. It also gives a very brutal look at how we just feed off each other like cannibals, to get what we want in life. The film can be very depressing at times, it doesn't really work as a comedy, although some may be misled by the fact that it falls in this genre. No no. This one must be taken seriously, so I can't caution you enough to please be prepared for some very disturbing scenes. This is a solid piece of work, a little ahead of its time, and I assure you this is NOT suitable for children 17 or younger, so keep them away from this. Trust me, I know what's suitable and what's not. This is a NC17 film, you are warned.

guapamt From the start, I hated this movie and didn't understand why a movie like this had to be made. I resented wasting 30 minutes of my life watching it-- that's all I could stand. Found it in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" so I thought it would be phenomenal. Whoever put it in that book must have been bribed. Didn't get it, don't want to get it. I put myself in the shoes of the woman in the restaurant politely trying to tell the loser (Jon Lovitz?) she no longer wanted to see him and he flaked out on her. I could imagine having a date like this and it made me anxious even watching this first scene. Then Philip Seymour Hoffman telling how he wanted to brutalize some woman? Excuse me? Sorry, this movie was totally trashy.

icebutter160 Similar to how movie critics make something relevant all of sudden, they will likely to do this to movie primarily because its dark and honest and really beat many other movie to that weird "indie-dark-mumblecore bullshit" i'm mainly putting this hear so I have proof later to call reddit, and other stupid movie lovers on their bullshit of following whatever Hollywood tells them is good.It's a good film that will get it's mainstream praise eventually, its just thats is already good it doesn't need mainstream praise, if some movie critic in the future brings this movie out to the public eye again, it will only be because they are trying to seem more "informative" and trying to making a name for themselves.

petarmatic When I watched this film I knew I was going to love it from the beginning. It simply describes life! Most of us would love that time does not pass but it does. For some it passes quickly, for others slowly, but it passes. Little children grow up and eventually become adults. They have to perform sexual act to continue the species. Some parents take that fact with normal attitude, others do not. Also, time passes for some male adults who develop interest for young(er) people. Hm, hm, may be a little too young. This film describes this film so well.Acting is excellent. Plot is excellent as well. Everything is excellent about this film. Please make sure you watch it!