Happy Endings (2005) Critic Reviews

Why aren't there more American movies like this? I mean smart, unpretentious, sophisticated, un-condescending and cheap.Read the full review

It's possible that Maggie Gyllenhaal will never become a major star, but there isn't an American actress in movies today who holds the screen with as much deep-seated soul.Read the full review

Extremely pleasurable and well worth seeing.Read the full review

The film is entertaining if contrived. It is not as cleverly structured as Roos' best ensemble comedy, "The Opposite of Sex," which also co-starred Kudrow. But it does have humorous moments.Read the full review

A real audience pleaser, so long as that audience is mentally agile and adult, for it comes at you from odd angles and features three distinct story lines and 10 main characters.Read the full review

The acting in this ensemble is of such a high order that the movie simply takes you in and makes you feel these lives as real.Read the full review

Complicated? Yes. Potentially heavy? Sure. But it's also highly engrossing and, in a dark way, ultimately rather sweet.Read the full review

Maintains a certain level of intrigue, and occasionally bursts into life.Read the full review

The film rambles, but rambling with the mischievous Roos is still a tricky and winning proposition.Read the full review