Rotten
A cringe-inducing, self-consciously kooky indie comedy that's best enjoyed for its taste of Rip Torn, who, judging by his recent alleged bank break-in, comes to loose-cannon stuff naturally.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Happy Tears
There's an art to going home without going crazy.
2009 · 1h 36m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Overview
Two sisters return home to care for their aging father.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
28%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Writer and director Mitchell Lichtenstein struggles to find the humor in a host of horrors.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fresh
Happy Tears is a complete mess of a movie, but Lichtenstein conjures some sweet moments and striking metaphors -- and none more striking than Posey's $500 boots, which look either black or blue, given the available light.
Noel Murray, AV Club
Rotten
Happy Tears settles for the usual moments, even at its quirkiest.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
On its way to a climax that ends every plot strand on an unrealistically upbeat and pat note, Happy Tears loses sight of what made the film so engrossing in the first place.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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