Happiness Runs
Strand Releasing | Release Date: May 7, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
5
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Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Loosely based on writer-director Adam Sherman's similar cult upbringing and disillusionment, the film builds on a fascinating cautionary tale, but doesn't develop its characters past whatever movie-of-the-week crisis each suffers from. Read full review
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Boxoffice MagazineAmy Nicholson
We get the broad strokes of how the hippies corrupted their own movement, but there isn't a single lead character we'd give a dollar to on Haight Street. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The kids' story gets out of control, but Andie MacDowell is a pleasantly earthy mess as Victor's out-of-it mother, and familiar New York faces (Ann Magnuson, Mark Boone Jr., Richard Edson) lend quirky support as the out-of-it elders. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter Debruge
Sherman's personal wounds feel fresh, which makes for a superficially beautiful but otherwise bitter story. Read full review
25
ObserverRex Reed
As the film builds to a feverish hysteria, you have to work hard to keep from laughing. Read full review
20
Time OutStephen Garrett
Sherman based this obtuse psychosexual dystopia on his own hippie upbringing; the result is virtually teeming with bitter resentment for the drug-addled parent collective that inadvertently turned his adolescence into a chapter from "Lord of the Flies." Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
An overwrought and undernourished drama. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
An astoundingly bad memory piece that blows its potential dramatic heft at every turn. Read full review
0
The New York TimesStephen Holden
This strident exposé may gladden the hearts of some anti-’60s conservatives, but it is a shapeless mess steeped in prurience. Its grain of truthfulness, however, is just enough to leave you unsettled in the pit of your stomach. Read full review
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