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In a society obsessed with normality, Happiness forces us to look at human loneliness and desire from full-frontal. Directed by Todd Solondz, Happiness has been described as “not for the squeamish.” But it is perhaps the squeamish that Happiness best critiques.
Solondz takes a seemingly average suburban family, and the individuals connected by their lives, and exposes each character’s sexual deviancies. From lonely, aggressive losers to psychiatrists with secret pedophilic tendencies, there’s something for everyone, provided that everyone’s being honest with themselves.
By the end of the film, the cast’s search for happiness seems fruitless, with the exception of eleven-year-old Billy, who finds true bliss when he cums for the first time. -g
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