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Happiness (1998) -- Three middle-class New Jersey sisters all have their problems with their families and sex lives.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   25,469 votes
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Todd Solondz (writer)
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Release Date:
16 October 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
Three middle-class New Jersey sisters all have their problems with their families and sex lives. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations more
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(61 articles)
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User Comments:
A brilliant movie, but not for everyone. more (469 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Todd Solondz's Untitled (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rating surrendered; previously rated NC-17.
Runtime:
134 min | USA:141 min (DVD)
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Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Alberta/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM18 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating: 1999) | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1999)
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Director Cameo: [Todd Solondz]as the doorman in Allen, Helen, and Kristina's building. more
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Boom mic visible: When the police officers are sitting in Bill Maplewood's house. more
Quotes:
Helen Jordan: Y'know, people are always putting New Jersey down. None of my friends can believe I live here. But that's because they don't get it: I'm living in a state of irony. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#14.1)" (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Requiem more

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88 out of 108 people found the following comment useful.
A brilliant movie, but not for everyone., 15 March 2000
10/10
Author: (gmaland@hotmail.com) from San Diego

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen, but I would hesitate to recommend it to people whom I don't know pretty well. It explores aspects of life and living (and suffering) that most films avoid or actively deny. And it does so brilliantly. The characters are vividly real, and there is such a strong sense of situations unfolding in real time that it's truly mesmerising. I felt like a fly on the wall, eavesdropping on conversations I could never hear otherwise. I think many people would absolutely hate this movie, partly because it doesn't pass judgement on behaviours that are repulsive to the bulk of humanity, and partly because it exposes us to them at all.

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