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Happy Christmas

  • 20142014
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  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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Melanie Lynskey and Anna Kendrick in Happy Christmas (2014)
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After a break up, Jenny moves in with writer Kelly, her filmmaker husband, and their child. Despite a rocky start, Jenny's influence helps Kelly realize that an evolution in her life, career... Read allAfter a break up, Jenny moves in with writer Kelly, her filmmaker husband, and their child. Despite a rocky start, Jenny's influence helps Kelly realize that an evolution in her life, career and relationship is necessary for her happiness.After a break up, Jenny moves in with writer Kelly, her filmmaker husband, and their child. Despite a rocky start, Jenny's influence helps Kelly realize that an evolution in her life, career and relationship is necessary for her happiness.
IMDb RATING
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8.3K
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  • Director
    • Joe Swanberg
  • Writer
    • Joe Swanberg
  • Stars
    • Anna Kendrick
    • Melanie Lynskey
    • Mark Webber
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  • Director
    • Joe Swanberg
  • Writer
    • Joe Swanberg
  • Stars
    • Anna Kendrick
    • Melanie Lynskey
    • Mark Webber
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    • 58User reviews
    • 65Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Anna Kendrick in Happy Christmas (2014)
    Anna Kendrick and Mark Webber in Happy Christmas (2014)
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    Melanie Lynskey, Anna Kendrick, Mark Webber, Joe Swanberg, and Jude Swanberg in Happy Christmas (2014)
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    Anna Kendrick
    Anna Kendrick
    • Jenny
    Melanie Lynskey
    Melanie Lynskey
    • Kelly
    Mark Webber
    Mark Webber
    • Kevin
    Lena Dunham
    Lena Dunham
    • Carson
    Joe Swanberg
    Joe Swanberg
    • Jeff
    Jude Swanberg
    • Jude
    Chris Swanson
    • Music Supervisor
    Eldar Kim
    • Cab Driver
    Megan Mercier
    Megan Mercier
    • Party Host
    Chris Renton
    • Party Makeout Guy
    Kris Rey
    Kris Rey
    • Landlord
    • (as Kris Swanberg)
    Jessica Angelos
    • Party Guest
    Mike Brune
    • Party Guest
    Harry Burton
    Harry Burton
    • Party Guest
    Tony Castro
    • Party Guest
    Ethan DeCota
    • Party Guest
    Van Eggers
    • Party Guest
    Matt Feasley
    • Party Guest
    • Director
      • Joe Swanberg
    • Writer
      • Joe Swanberg
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director Joe Swanberg also directed Drinking Buddies (2013) and Digging for Fire (2015) which also starred Anna Kendrick. All three films were entirely improvised. There was no script, and the only things the actors and the crew had was a vague outline of the plot and the order in which certain events would take place.
    • Quotes

      Carson: I think you're so pretty. It's like you're *a lot* prettier than you feel like you are.

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    • Soundtracks
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    User reviews58

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    Top review
    5/10
    Mundane and boring for most non-indie fans
    Happy Christmas was made with only three film crew members, not including the director, in case you were curious the level of 'indie-ness' in this film.

    Joe Swanberg writes, directs and stars in Happy Christmas, the ensemble indie film that touches on the real life minor predicament that occurs during the holiday.

    Recently broken up with her boyfriend, Jenny decides to crash at her brother Jeff's and his wife Kelly's house in Chicago while she considers laying roots in the city for a change of pace. She drinks and smokes away her sadness while she desperately tries to distract herself, coping terribly while hanging out with her old friend Carson and new friend Kevin.

    Happy Christmas is a film for fans of the typical indie genre film. It utilizes real life cinematography and puts a microscope to the real life problems within the mundanities of life. This is not some film about profound transformation or extraordinary circumstances. In fact, Happy Christmas is so ordinary in its subject matter that 20-something viewers should see themselves or their friends in this film.

    If you, as a typical movie viewer, enjoy to put a mirror to real everyday life then you should give this film a shot. If you typically watch films to escape or put yourself into a film beyond your routine existence, then you should stay away, far away.

    Happy Christmas is a grainy film to watch, and was probably not shot in 1080p and then upscaled. this yields a mildly pixelated appearance which is nauseating on anything larger than a computer screen. Most of the film appears to be shot using hand-held or a steadicam operator which is extremely distracting as the film sight line moves along the edges of the frame. My guess is the techniques employed for the cinematography of Happy Christmas were deliberate to truly capture the reality in vision.

    Though Joe Swanberg is listed as the screenwriter of the film it seems as though most of the dialogue was improv-ed, and poorly. Mark Webber who plays Kevin and Anna Kendrick who plays the self-destructive Jenny are the most natural and believable of the bunch. Otherwise the scenes are stiff and slow with a lot of awkward pauses from the dull and banal conversation topics. The star of the film is baby Jude, real life son of director Joe Swanberg, who is so comfortable and natural that you can't help but be enamored by his energy, alas if only the whole film was like him.

    Happy Christmas is a narrative nonevent of a film that will be contemptibly boring to some and realistically introspective to others.

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Щасливе Різдво
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production company
      • Lucky Coffee Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $70,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $30,312
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,523
      • Jul 27, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $30,312
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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