Happy Endings (Don Roos, 2005)
Rating: 5.6
Much along the same lines as several other ensemble cast films such as Robert Altman's "Short Cuts", P.T. Anderson's "Magnolia", and more recently Paul Haggis's "Crash", "Happy Endings" weaves several different characters and their plotlines throughout the narrative and loosely connects them in some way or another. The cast includes Lisa Kudrow, Steven Coogan, Tom Arnold, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Ritter, and others. Although these types of films are starting to become cliché, "Happy Endings" still maintains a sense of freshness with it's subtle blend of dark humor and more serious life issues such as sexuality, abortion, artificial insemination, and illegal immigration and is ultimately entertaining.
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