This movie is to me more comedy than drama, a great comedy. The funny sides overshadow the dark sides. Even though they are rather dark. In Happiness Solondz manages to tell a story of many protagonists and does it better than I have seen before. The characters are very real and attractive, especially Joy and Helen, and none of them is left undeveloped. Being a Woody Allen fan, I very much liked to see his former wife, Louise Lasser, since I have not seen much of her these last years. And talking about Allen, Happiness is not so far from him, dealing with people with sexual frustrations, perversions and miseries, in a somewhat funny way. This film is among the best films I have seen, is far better than Secrets and lies for example and ranks as high as Allens best