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

  • 90
    L.A. Weekly | Scott Foundas

    Since premiering on the festival circuit in 2002, this small masterpiece has been one of the best films around not to secure a proper theatrical release, and while one week on a single L.A. screen at the height of the crowded holiday season may not exactly qualify as proper, it's nevertheless a joyous happening. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    This is a droll, laid-back film noir steeped in Crescent City atmosphere and music that culminates in the colliding worlds of genuine and virtual reality. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Scott Foundas

    Isn't for everyone. It seems certain to confound as many viewers as it will inspire. But pic will foster a core critical contingent that will find itself transfixed and, ultimately, deeply moved by the film's ravishing power. Read full review

  • 70
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    It's perhaps most remarkable as a sweet, mysterious portrait of pre-flood New Orleans, which Almereyda not incorrectly portrays as a land of wandering, uncertain souls. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Beautifully acted and filmed, with the Internet imagery rendered in Pixelvision. Read full review

  • 70
    Village Voice |

    When Amelia takes the full multimedia plunge in the movie's final moments, Happy becomes something inexplicably (and metaphysically) beautiful. Read full review

  • 63
    TV Guide | Ken Fox

    The soundtrack includes great songs by Andre Williams and Shirley Ellis, and music by local R'n'B legend Ernie K-Doe and electronic organ freakazoid Quintron, who both appear in the film. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Like some other contemporary films that try to stitch together a small army of characters into a community of sorts, Happy Here and Now feels like a symptom in search of a cure. Read full review

  • 38
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    A few relevant themes do bubble up from this visually intriguing swamp of self-indulgence, but Arquette's pseudo-philosopher seems to speak for Almereyda when he says, "If there was a point, there wouldn't be a story." Read full review

  • 25
    New York Post | V.A. Musetto

    Almereyda's muddled Happy Here and Now should have stayed on the shelf - where it's been gathering dust for several years. Read full review

Happy Here and Now Movie Ratings + Reviews

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