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The Happy Ending (1969)

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Rated: PG [See Full Rating] Adult situations

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

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 philandering heel-of-a-husband Fred (John Forsythe). At their 16th wedding-aniversary soiree,... 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 philandering heel-of-a-husband Fred (John Forsythe). At their 16th wedding-aniversary soiree, Frank runs off with Helen (Tina Louise) and Mary tries to decide between seducing one of the available-but-sleazy bachelors (Lloyd Bridges and Bobby Darin) or trying to kill herself. Angst-ridden spousal confrontation and lifestyle reevaluation -- a la WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF -- ensues. Simmons was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright, Dick Shawn

Director: Richard Brooks
Screenwriter: Richard Brooks
Producer: Richard Brooks
Composer: Alan Bergman, Michel Legrand

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May 28, 1996

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The Happy Ending is a kind of false Faces -- a movie that set out to expose the kitsch of Hollywood fantasy.

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A well-developed and acted and potentially significant 'woman's movie' unfortunately drowns in Brooks' over indulgences and over-writing.

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Jean Simmons struggles valiantly but no avail; she's defeated by writer-director Brooks's dreary, overwritten screenplay.

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