Name: Happiness
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1998-10-16
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Jane Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson

Happiness

Misunderstanding in a Moment of Humor

Helen I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you.

Joy But I'm not laughing.

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Happiness

A Desire for Authenticity Through Trauma

Helen Jordan If only I had been raped as a child! Then I would know authenticity!

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Happiness

Contrasting Happiness and Reality in Life

Bill Maplewood I wake up happy, feeling good... but then I get very depressed, because I'm living in reality.

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Happiness

Desire and Longing for Connection

Allen Pussy...need pussy...

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Intensity and Aggression in Personal Confrontation

Allen I'm gonna fuck you so hard, you'll be coming out of your ears. Fuck you...

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Happiness

Self-Assertion Against Misjudgment

Andy You think I don't appreciate art? You think I don't understand fashion? You think I'm not hip? You think I'm pathetic? A nerd? A lard-ass fatso? You think I'm shit? Well, you're wrong, cause I'm champagne, and you're shit. Until the day you die, you, not me, will always be shit!

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Happiness

Embracing Irony in Everyday Life

Helen Jordan Y'know, people are always putting ] down. None of my friends can believe I live here. But that's because they don't get it: I'm living in a state of irony.

[[New Jersey]

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Happiness

Struggles with Self-Perception and Daily Life

Allen I don't know I could ever really begin to talk to her. I mean what can I talk about? I have nothing to talk about, I'm boring. And I know, I've been told before so don't tell me it's not true, cause it's a fact. I bore people. People look at me and they get bored, people listen to me and they zone out... bored. Who is that boring person?', they think. I've never before met anyone so boring'. And I'm for her to see how boring I am.

Bill Maplewood Gallon of skim milk. Dozen eggs. One of those disposable cameras for this weekend. I gotta stop at the 7-11 on the way home. I gotta get the dry cleaning for Trish. I gotta check Billy's homework, and call Mrs. Mitchell about her appointment on Tuesday. I gotta reschedule the dentist, get the dog cleaned...

[to self, while pretending to listen]

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Desire for Love in Parenting

Diane I want kids that love me as much as I hated my mother.

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Questioning the appropriateness of early experiences

Joe What do you think would happen if I got him a professional... you know...?

Bill A professional...?

Joe Hooker. You know, the kind that can teach him things... first-timers, you know... break him in.

Bill But Joe, he's 11.

Joe Yeah, you're right, you're right. It's too late.

[sighs]

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Happiness

Baggies and Shared Experiences in Crime

Helen Jordan Anyway, so the police came and looked in her freezer and found baggies filled with the doorman's genitals.

Mona Jordan I use baggies.

Joy Jordan Me too.

Helen Jordan Everyone uses baggies, that's why we can all relate to this crime. Don't you see?

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Happiness

A Conversation About Past Actions

Billy Dad, did you, um... with Johnny Grasso and Ronald Farber?

Bill Yes.

[long, pained pause]

Billy What did you do?

Bill I touched them.

Billy What do you mean, "touched"?

Bill I fondled them.

Billy What for?

Bill I couldn't help myself.

Billy What...what else?

Bill I unzipped myself.

Billy You mean, masturbated?

Bill No.

Billy Then, what?

Bill I... made love...

Billy What do you mean?

Bill I... fucked them.

Billy What was it like?

Bill It was... it was great.

Billy Would you... would you do it again?

Bill Yes.

[choking up]

Billy Would you ever fuck me?

[fighting tears]

Bill No. I'd jerk off instead.

Happiness

The Burden of Constant Admiration

Helen Jordan It's just I'm... I'm so tired of being admired all the time. All these men I mean... they're all beautiful, artistic minds, great sex, the whole package, but hollow, you know what I mean? I feel nobody's really honest with me. Nobody wants me for me.

Happiness

Unconditional Love Despite Mistreatment

Trish Jordan How come no matter how much you treat me like shit, I can't help loving you even more?

Happiness

Conflicted Feelings About Home and Identity

Vlad I love New Jersey.

Joy Don't you miss Russia?

Vlad Fuck the cunt of Russia.

Joy Well, I guess it's best to feel that way.

Happiness

Questioning Past Hurts and Denials

Detective Berman Johnny, was there anyone in the last day or two who..."hurt" you?

Johnny Grasso No. I... I... I don't think so.

Detective Berman But someone did hurt you... no, Johnny?

Johnny Grasso No. No one hurt me.

Joe What do ya mean no? You've been FUCKING RAPED! ... Sorry.

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