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  • Happy Tears
  • Opened February 19, 2010 | Runtime:1 hr 36 min
  • R
    Some Sexual Content, Brief Nudity, Language and Drug Use
  • Jayne (Parker Posey) and Laura (Demi Moore) are about to take on the first man they just might not be able to handle: their seventy something-year-old father Joe (Rip Torn). Dutiful daughters returning to the house they grew up in, Jayne and Laura Read More
  • Cast: Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin, Christian Camargo, Billy Magnussen
  • Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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  • Rip Torn as Joe, Parker Posey as Jayne and Demi Moore as Laura in "Happy Tears."
  • Parker Posey as Jayne and Demi Moore as Laura in "Happy Tears."
  • Parker Posey as Jayne, Ellen Barkin as Shelly and Demi Moore as Laura in "Happy Tears."
  • Demi Moore as Laura and Parker Posey as Jayne in "Happy Tears."
  • Parker Posey as Jayne in "Happy Tears."
  • Ellen Barkin as Shelly, Rip Torn as Joe, Parker Posey as Jayne and Demi Moore as Laura in "Happy Tears."
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Happy Tears Recent Fan Reviews

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    Happy Tears

    by dugmore

    good movie. parker and demi are great in this movie. i also like rip's character too. elen barken plays a good crack headed prostitute too. i would recomend to my parents. in fact i did. they are in there 60s.

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Happy Tears Critic Reviews

No Avg. Critic Score 35 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Joe presents not so much a problem for Jayne and Laura as an opportunity. It's...

  • 67
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    Happy Tears is a complete mess of a movie, but Lichtenstein conjures some sweet...

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Posey and Moore's portrayals are among their career bests, and Torn is at once...

  • 38
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    The acting's not the problem, and it's a nice thing to find Moore playing a...

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