Happy Life
Tilt Pocket | Release Date: October 14, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Slant MagazineKalvin HenelyOct 10, 2011
First-time writer-director Michael M. Bilandic's tongue-in-cheek, bare-knuckles approach to his ultra-low budget paean to a dying breed is a welcome piece of independent filmmaking. Read full review
60
VarietyRonnie ScheibOct 16, 2011
Set in cramped apartments and hole-in-the-wall storefronts in the East Village, Michael M. Bilandic's nanobudget comedy Happy Life plays like a poor schlub's "High Fidelity." Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick PinkertonOct 11, 2011
The most spot-on scenes show passive-aggressive hipster clerks snorting at Keith's flyers for a comeback fundraiser rave and a city suffocating on its own cool. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldOct 13, 2011
The film advances the "let's put on a show" genre into a grim and hopeless direction, just right for hard times. In different hands Happy Life might become a decent movie. Maybe it's best thought of as a demo. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreOct 12, 2011
The roughness of Happy Life's production values and the inconsistency of its amateur actors would be forgivable if it showed any heart, but this low-budget ramble about techno's glory days instead inspires relief that things have moved on. Read full review
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