The Happy Sad
Miasma Films | Release Date: August 16, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Village VoiceErnest HardyAug 13, 2013
The cast—and Evans's deft hand with them—makes it worth checking out. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberAug 19, 2013
Evans directs energetically, and the personable actors help to keep us involved, but the picture skims stubbornly along the surface. Read full review
60
VarietyAndrew BarkerAug 18, 2013
Full of warmth and refreshingly matter-of-fact sexuality, the film has its heart in the right place, yet it’s ultimately a bit blander than its subject matter ought to demand, and its chamber-piece intimacy and pileup of coincidences scan particularly awkwardly given its convincingly wide-open depiction of New York. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 15, 2013
The actors are so relaxed and personable that the film’s occasional glibness — and its over-reliance on coincidence to further the cross-pollinating narrative — is easy to let slide. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAug 15, 2013
Aside from a few missing transitional beats and one too many coincidental encounters, the picture's fluid, zigzagging sexuality and emotional high-diving prove largely credible and diverting. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearAug 13, 2013
Kudos to Evans for making up for the galling lack of gay African-American screen representation while delivering hot-body eroticism, but reducing complex relationship issues to a typical indie-flick blatherathon—complete with performances of varying quality and stilted dialogue—isn’t helping anyone. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineBill WeberAug 11, 2013
Ken Urban, adapting his own play, fumbles at injections of urban, and decidedly not urbane, levity, in addition to telegraphing entire subplots. Read full review
25
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeAug 15, 2013
A movie about bisexuals sounds fresh and fun on paper, but a sensitive acoustic song under the opening credits shows exactly where The Happy Sad is going. Deadly earnestness and sex don’t mix well at the movies. Read full review
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