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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   "[Roos']s writing is facile--he needs actors like Kudrow and Gyllenhaal to give his work depth and texture, and he seems to sense it without jealousy."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale D+ "Happy Endings needed much more than the intricacies of styling gel to explore the heart of its characters."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf B- "Worthwhile for the three leads (Kudrow, Gyllenhaal, and Coogan) and for Roos's unique perspectives as a storyteller, close captioned for cognitively impaired."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 3.5/5 "a quieter, less uproarious sort of film than Sex, less intent on smashing conventions of morality and narrative, though likely it will age much better with time"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti "Happy Endings begins with what seems quite an unhappy ending, when Mamie (Lisa Kudrow) is hit by a car."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...although it's generally entertaining throughout, Happy Endings just doesn't have the emotional impact that Roos is clearly striving for."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2.5/4 "Happy Endings, like its characters, is an ambitious, if flawed, work, but there is also a touching soulful quality that cannot be denied and cannot be faked."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "Genuinely clever and very funny, and all the joking around serves to distract from what is actually an uneven, often absurd series of storylines."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C "The surface smoothness can't make up for the deeper flaws...fails signally in establishing any solid emotional connection with most of the people it portrays."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "The film isn't engaging enough to hold the average viewer's attention for its full two-plus hour running length."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/5 "The Opposite of Sex's writer-director returns with another sharp, smart look at sex, love and life in L.A."   Netflix   James Rocchi '3/4' "Satisfying dramedy with an artery blocked heart."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "[Roos is] trying to understand the consequence of keeping secrets and the ways in which secrets tear people apart or bring them together."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 3.5/5 "Roos' sly, throwaway insights into the ways people deceive and undermine themselves are both ruefully funny and painfully on the mark."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "[S]ing[s] with truths about how we define love today and why we embrace chaos over order in personal relationships..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1/4 "Even more irritating than the film's third act triumphs is its lack of faith in moviegoers' intelligence."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager C "An unsuccessful attempt is made to tie all these loose threads together into one coherent story."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "Happy Endings is the kind of self-conscious puzzle picture in which characters behave in ways that serve the plot but in no way resemble things that actual human beings would be likely to do."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Contrived and complicated - yet compelling - it's all about the search for contentment as lonely souls connect."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "The film is a curious mixture of acid-etched black comedy and sentiment that lacks sufficient dramatic and emotional credibility."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 0.5/4 "Marking time until Roos gets tired of spinning his webs of astringent, pithy, smug little nothings."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf B Read review   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/5 Read review   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1