Happy Endings (2005)

Happy Endings weaves multiple stories to create a witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictablity of life itself.

Director:

Don Roos

Writer:

Don Roos

Stars:

Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lisa Kudrow	...	Mamie
Steve Coogan	...	Charley
Jesse Bradford	...	Nicky
Bobby Cannavale	...	Javier
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Jude
Jason Ritter	...	Otis
Tom Arnold	...	Frank
David Sutcliffe	...	Gil
Sarah Clarke	...	Diane
Laura Dern	...	Pam
Hallee Hirsh	...	Mamie at 17
Eric Jungmann	...	Charley at 16 / Tom
Kim Morgan Greene	...	Connie Peppitone
Rayne Marcus	...	Annette
Caitlyn Folley	...	Lauren (as Caker Folley)

Storyline

An ensemble cast telling 10 stories with intertwining characters. One story is about a father and son who are dating the same woman . Another features a woman who long ago gave her baby up for adoption but is now being blackmailed by a documentary filmmaker who claims to know the now-grown child's whereabouts.

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Plot Keywords:

love | filmmaker | adoption | ensemble cast | friend | 

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Taglines:

Everybody wants one.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 2005 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Finais Felizes

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$240,075 (USA) (15 July 2005)

Gross:

$1,311,633 (USA) (9 September 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ray Liotta turned down the role of Frank McKee.

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Goofs

When Jude and Otis were getting ready to have sex in his room, she takes off her pants and in the next scene her pants are back on.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Charley: [chasing Mamie] Wait! Wait!
Woman Driver: [hits Mamie] My God! Oh my God! Oh my God! I didn't see her! I didn't see her!
Charley: Oh my God!
Woman Driver: Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I didn't see her!
Charley: Do you have a cell? Call 911!
Woman Driver: Oh God.
Passerby: Hey, is she all right?
Charley: I don't know.
Woman Driver: [on phone] 911? Yes, hurry, we need an ambulance quick.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

The only opening credit is the title.

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Connections

References Friends (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Indian Love Song"
Written by Mick Turner and Warren Ellis (as Warner Ellis)
Performed by Dirty Three
Courtesy of Touch And Go Records, Inc.
Published by BUG MUSIC LTD. (PRS)
Administered by Bug

User Reviews

Interesting and intriguing film with bunch of different topics

This is actually quite a intriguing movie and the three subplots were interesting for the most part. I had to pay attention to this move instead of just listening to the dialogue while surfing the web, because in certain scene the movie goes into split screen. And while the movie is going, the other side of the split screen has certain text that give more info about the characters of what is going on or what is going through the characters mind. Which I thought was sort of unique and didn't seem tacky and fit right into the movie. Sure the three subplots aren't connected very closely, but it's still a pretty intriguing black comedy with pretty good performances. It's a ballsy and creative movie that keeps the interesting aspect going until it's finished. It would have gotten a higher score from me if the plot was interwoven together more better.

7.3/10