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Happy Endings

Directed by Don Roos2005USA128 mins

Just when you thought you knew everything about love and dysfunction, along comes Happy Endings, the hilarious and heartfelt new comedy by writer/director Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex, Bounce).

Mamie is being blackmailed. This filmmaker, Nick, claims to know the son she gave up for adop­tion, but won't introduce her unless he can film the reunion. Enter Javier, Mamie's massage therapist boyfriend, who convinces Nick to film him instead. Now they're all making a movie about massage.

Charley has a longtime boyfriend, Gil. Their best friends, Pam and Diane, once used Gil as a sperm donor. They said his sperm didn't take, but Charley thinks those control-freak lesbians are lying. Pam and Diane's two-year-old son looks exactly like Gil. It's time to set the record straight.

Jude is pissed. Not at anyone in particular, just in general. When her cousin kicks her out of the house, Jude shacks up with Otis, who's still trying to convince his father, Frank, that he's not really gay. Frank's a widower, and rich, so Jude decides to sleep with him, too. The last thing she expected was to fall in love.

Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Tom Arnold, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale, Sarah Clarke, Steve Coogan, Laura Dern, Lisa Kudrow, Jason Ritter, David Sutcliffe, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings deftly weaves together multiple stories to create a sharp, witty look at love, family, and the sheer unpredict­ability of life. A feast of buried secrets, missed opportunities, and second chances, this wildly original comedy proves that the happiest ending of all is the one you least expect.

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Director
Don Roos
Year
2005
Country
USA
Running Time
128 mins
Language
English
Section
Centerpiece
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