A well-developed and acted and potentially significant 'woman's movie' unfortunately drowns in Brooks' over indulgences and over-writing.
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04/08/08
The Happy Ending (1969)
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Synopsis: Pre-AMERICAN BEAUTY suburban dysfunction is explored in Richard "CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" Brooks' 1969 film. Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons) is a pill-popping, booze-swilling housewife chained to... [More]
Starring: Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright
Director: Richard Brooks
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Top CriticJean Simmons struggles valiantly but no avail; she's defeated by writer-director Brooks's dreary, overwritten screenplay.
04/08/08
The Happy Ending is a kind of false Faces -- a movie that set out to expose the kitsch of Hollywood fantasy.
05/09/05
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