Happily Ever After is never as insightful or as funny as Woody at his best. But the film has a fine-tuned approach to human behavior.
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06/30/05
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Happily Ever After (2005)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:23
Rotten:17
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Though this French film features good acting, it lacks the wit and charm one would expect to see.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Box Office: $121,785
Synopsis: Yvan Attal writes, directs, and stars in this meditation on extra-marital affairs. When he and his wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) find they are both attracted to other people, even though they are... [More]
Starring: Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Emmanuelle Seigner
Director: Yvan Attal
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Reviews for Happily Ever After
Top CriticA tremendously provocative date movie for couples brave enough to face each other afterward.
06/10/05
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06/11/05
There's nothing much wrong with the film; my complaint is that there's nothing much right about it.
07/28/05
Top CriticAttal knows that no matter how adult we feel when we say, 'I do,' marriage is all child's play: jealousy, lies and pure, unconditional love. Perplexing, but not a bad option.
07/28/05
The main reason to see it is to witness a fine lady making the most of what she's been given to play.
05/06/05
A frothy, amusing Parisian romantic comedy.
04/13/05
If this is director Attal's attempt to dive into the complex world of marriages, he barely swam past the shoreline.
06/16/05
Whatever points screenwriter/director Attal is trying to make about relationship envy get lost as the marital conflicts become more contrived and shrill.
08/12/05
Attal has a way of interweaving his characters' real lives and inner thoughts into the fabric of his film in inventive and engaging ways.
05/13/05
It is too bad that the [scenes that do work] remain only fleeting -- almost furtive -- glances into the lives of the characters, and are not part of a coherent and properly focused story.
09/17/04
Scenes of impressive subtlety and thoughtfulness centering around the pensive Gabrielle [Charlotte Gainsbourg] are overshadowed by the antics of the middle-aged men.
04/08/05
In a world filled with empty lust and marital discord, Yvan Attal’s wistful comedy is about a guy who loves his wife.
07/29/05
This look at the assorted struggles of modern hetero coupledom gives off a distinctly moldy aroma.
05/05/05
...But, for the most part, Attal’s psychological insights and his skill with actors...draw us into the characters’ lives, in ways that are never less than sympathetic.
05/08/05
Like the story, the camerawork in Happily Ever After is loose, fluid and intent on discovery; it lets characters' moments together and alone unfurl easily and casually in a way that Hollywood seems to want to avoid like failure.
05/05/05
Top CriticThis is an affair to forget.
09/09/05
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10/03/06
This is terrific filmmaking.
04/08/05
Top CriticIf you ever get a chance to see Happily Ever After at any venue and in any form, drop everything and see it.
05/05/05
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