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Happiness Runs

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
698
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Happiness Runs (2010)
A young man named Victor realizes the shortcomings of the Utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised.
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A young man named Victor (Mark L. Young) realizes the shortcomings of the Utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor's mother (Andie MacDowell) is funding the commune w... Read allA young man named Victor (Mark L. Young) realizes the shortcomings of the Utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor's mother (Andie MacDowell) is funding the commune where the guru Insley (Rutger Hauer) hypnotizes and seduces women with a technique he calls... Read allA young man named Victor (Mark L. Young) realizes the shortcomings of the Utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor's mother (Andie MacDowell) is funding the commune where the guru Insley (Rutger Hauer) hypnotizes and seduces women with a technique he calls "running". Insley manipulates the minds of these women so that they give him their bodies... Read all

  • Director
    • Adam Sherman
  • Writer
    • Adam Sherman
  • Stars
    • Joni Barth
    • Kirsten Berman
    • Mark Boone Junior
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    698
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adam Sherman
    • Writer
      • Adam Sherman
    • Stars
      • Joni Barth
      • Kirsten Berman
      • Mark Boone Junior
    • 12User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Joni Barth
    • Rachel's Mom
    Kirsten Berman
    Kirsten Berman
    • Jenny
    Mark Boone Junior
    Mark Boone Junior
    • Victor's Father
    Joseph Castanon
    Joseph Castanon
    • Little Mackie
    Richard Edson
    Richard Edson
    • Pete
    AnnaLisa Erickson
    AnnaLisa Erickson
    • Nancy
    Shiloh Fernandez
    Shiloh Fernandez
    • Jake
    John Fleck
    John Fleck
    • Chad's Dad
    Kevin Gage
    Kevin Gage
    • Hypnotist
    Hanna Hall
    Hanna Hall
    • Becky
    Gregorio
    • Sam
    • (as Zia Harris)
    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Insley
    Loni LiPuma
    • Rachel's Friend
    Andie MacDowell
    Andie MacDowell
    • Victor's Mother
    Ann Magnuson
    Ann Magnuson
    • Chad's Mom
    Steven Christopher Parker
    Steven Christopher Parker
    • Tao
    Laura Peters
    Laura Peters
    • Rachel
    Jesse Plemons
    Jesse Plemons
    • Chad
    • Director
      • Adam Sherman
    • Writer
      • Adam Sherman
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      Becky: They never planned for the future. They weren't supposed to get old and we were never supposed to grow up. The lost, the unwanted, and the abused came here with the purest of intentions, to build a place where there would be no rules, other than a peaceful existence. There are no couples for them. For them, there is only the moment. They tried to raise us to be perfect in their perfect new world and for a moment, maybe it worked. But I think they finally saw their own shortsightedness and failure in us. We always saw it in them. They attempted to unlearn jealousy, want, and hate, to not possess anything, including each other. They tried to free themselves from materialism, but soon they were drowning in it. Finally, we all saw failure in each other and everyone was looking for a way out.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Back-up Plan/The Losers/Paper Man (2010)
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      Winter's Going
      Written by Bonnie Dobson

      Performed by Bonnie Dobson

      Courtesy of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

    User reviews12

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    9/10
    Fantastic, if you can relate
    Fantastic movie... if you've experienced countercultures. If you haven't, you might not get it. This film makes no effort to bring in uninformed audience members. (In sharp contrast to Saving Private Ryan, where a war journalist character, for our sake, knows nothing about war.)

    It's human nature to compete and/or differentiate ourselves. This commune homogenizes everything, removing traditional channels of competition and expression. (I've lived in a town like that!) If this film had shown character development, it would have been forced and faked. What it does explore is how how self expression prevails, albeit in a warped and perverted form, despite these constraints. It's a very interesting film.
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    • Mar 13, 2013

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ускользающее счастье
    • Filming locations
      • Malibu, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Happiness Runs
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,199
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,674
      • May 9, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,199
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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