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  • Happiness
  • Opened May 15, 1998 | Runtime:2 hr 19 min
  • NR
  • This dark ensemble-comedy is centered on the three Jordan sisters. Joy (Jane Adams) moves through lackluster jobs with no sense of purpose. Now employed teaching adults, she is dating a student, Russian taxi-driver Vlad (Jared Harris). Helen (Lara Read More
  • Cast: Elzbieta Czyzewska
  • Director: Sophie Barthes
  • Genres: Comedy

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Must Go! Avg. Critic Score 81 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    New York Daily News |

    Masterful.

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Like David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, and Paul Thomas Anderson, Solondz revels...

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It is not a film for most people. It is certainly for adults only. But it shows...

  • 90
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Part of this success is due to the exquisitely cast ensemble-composed of...

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