Happy Hour
| Release Date: August 24, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
The New YorkerRichard BrodyDec 10, 2016
Happy Hour, a work of distinctly modern cinema, reaches deep into the classic traditions of melodrama—along with its coincidences and its violent contrasts—to revive a latent power for grand-scale observation through painfully close contact with the agonizing intimacies of contemporary life. Read full review
90
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonAug 24, 2016
Funny (sometimes caustically so), rueful, and bracingly honest, Happy Hour is also a movie defined by an unshakeable belief that any encounter holds the promise of magic. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineCarson LundAug 24, 2016
Hamaguchi arranges most sequences around a handful of static, roomy medium shots that subtly suggest emotional dynamics through camera and actor positioning. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergAug 24, 2016
If Happy Hour doesn’t quite deliver all it promises, that may only be because it promises quite a lot. Read full review
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