Long Live My Happy Head

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Long Live My Happy Head

2021

1h 28m

Documentary

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6 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A Scottish comic book artist with an inoperable brain tumor uses his art to chronicle his cancer experiences.

David Jenkins

Little White Lies

03/18/2022

4/5

Finds a while to gain its momentum, but really comes together nicely.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

03/14/2022

3/5

It would have been interesting to hear more from Shaw about the work itself, and from his audience about what they get out of the imagery. But this is a tender portrait.

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Clement Tyler Obropta

Film Inquiry

07/07/2023

With cheeky, giddy art and a wonderful sense of humor — suffice to say the film is great, worth a watch, and it’ll destroy you emotionally.

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

11/07/2022

The film is a touching reminder to embrace life and celebrate our moments with loved ones, frame by frame.

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

03/20/2022

4/5

This is a film of great poignancy.

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Neil Young

Screen International

03/18/2022

A tender but determinedly unsentimental chronicle of love in the midst of a death foretold.

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Synopsis

A Scottish comic book artist with an inoperable brain tumor uses his art to chronicle his cancer experiences.

Director: Austen McCowan, Will Hewitt
Producer: Austen McCowan
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 28m