HAPPY ENDINGS
Year: 2005
USA: Lions Gate Films
Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Ritter, Tom Arnold, David Sutcliffe, Sarah Clarke, Laura Dern, Hallee Hirsh, Eric Jungmann, Kim Morgan Greene, Rayne Marcus, Caker Folley, Amanda Foreman, Nicole Tocantins, Mark Fite, Soledad St. Hilaire, Ramon De Ocampo, A J Trauth, Carol Androsky, Tamara Davies, Ashleigh Darkbloom, Emma Hunton, T.R. Hopper, Rob Macie, Lisa Hoyle, Joe Milton, Joe Beyer, Randy Landas, Scott Sener, Johnny Galecki, Ray Liotta, Anna Shemeikka
Director: Don Roos
Country: USA
USA: 128 mins
USA Rated: R for sexual content, language and some drug use
USA Release Date: 29 July 2005 (Limited Release - wider)
USA Release Date: 15 July 2005 (Limited Release)
Synopsis
Mamie is being blackmailed. This filmmaker named Nick claims to know Mamie's son - the one she gave up for adoption - but Nick won't introduce her to him unless he can film the reunion. Enter Javier, Mamie's massage therapist boyfriend, who convinces Nick to film him instead. Now they're all making a movie about massage. And 'happy endings'...
Charley has a longtime boyfriend named Gil. Their best friends, Pam and Diane, once tried using Gil as a sperm donor. They said his sperm didn't take, but Charley thinks those control-freak lesbians are lying. Pam and Diane's two-year-old son looks exactly like Gil. And it's time to set the record straight...
Jude is pissed. Not at anyone in particular. Just in general. When her cousin kicks her out of the house, Jude shacks up with Otis, who's still trying to convince his father, Frank, that he's straight. Frank's a widower. And he's rich. So Jude decides to sleep with him, too. Really. The last thing she expected was to fall in love...
Just when you thought you knew everything about love and dysfunction, along comes HAPPY ENDINGS, Lions Gate Films' hilarious and heartfelt new comedy by writer/director Don Roos (THE OPPOSITE OF SEX, BOUNCE). Featuring a talented ensemble cast that includes Tom Arnold, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale, Sarah Clarke, Steve Coogan, Laura Dern, Lisa Kudrow, Jason Ritter, David Sutcliffe and Maggie Gyllenhaal, HAPPY ENDINGS deftly weaves together multiple stories to create a sharp, witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself. A feast of buried secrets, missed opportunities and welcome second chances, this wildly original comedy proves that the happiest ending of all is the one you least expect.