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Cry Funny Happy (2003)
6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
Watching a Train Wreck is More Interesting, 26 November 2003
Author: xenakaboom from Etas Unis
I took today off, and I don't feel like watching soaps, so I have the Sundance Channel on right now. What a mistake!
This movie irritated me from the minute I turned it on. Yet, as the exercise in scatalogical drivel continued, I was transfixed. How could something this pseudo-pretentious get funded? I have to find out.
Pretentious is not even the appropriate descriptor. For havens sake, with lines like "I have changed, and I thought you had changed", the script should have been burned.
The only character I vaguely liked was Naima, and only because she doesn't speak English---or so we think. The minute she spoke about Reza, the last tiny shred of dignisty in this film evaporated.
I should sue the Sundance Channel for this tripe. An hour and a half of my life that I will never get back again.
5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
Annoying, 19 November 2003
Author: lngjon from KC
I like indie movies, but this one was another of the kind that damages crossover appeal for this type of film. 2 hours of a party filled with people you wouldn't want to hang out with for ten minutes.
Skip this one.
4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
So bad its...terrible., 26 November 2003
Author: lithium452 from Texas
I love indie movies, even marginal or bad ones. Unfortunately, if I see many more as horrible as this one, I may have to reconsider. How this made it onto Sundance channel is beyond me. A bunch of self-important, self-obsessed, miserable East Coast thirtysomethings for the most part behaving badly. Technically passable (for an indie), with passable performances, covering ground that nobody could care much about.
3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-
scream cry scream, 5 January 2004
Author: jens4077 from Idaho
Yuck. This film was a waste of time. The premise isn't so bad with a lot of old friends getting together at a party. The results are they just all start fighting and screaming at each other for at least the last half of the movie. I understand it was low budget and all but there was a point where you could see the camera guy reflected in a picture on the wall. Way to take away any inkling that this could really happen! Spare yourself!
1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
'friends' gather for a birthday party and 'revelations' are made through the night, 18 October 2005
Author: cheri-1 from United States
My God! I had to watch the credits to see if this was actually scripted. It was. It was??!??! What a disappointment. To be honest, my only shallow reason for staying tuned in (I saw it on Sundance) was because the protagonist reminded me of the managing editor of a magazine about ten years ago. I couldn't take my eyes off that guy and I couldn't take my eyes off the guy in the movie. I wouldn't added all this but I couldn't submit my review without more lines of text.
All the players in the movie seemed to be going out of their way to seem believable. Only the hot protagonist who reminded me of my managing editor was believable as far as I'm concerned.
2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
predictable talky indie, an exercise for actors, 15 August 2004
Author: Linda Nelson (knitgirl@aol.com) from boston, ma
talk, talk, talk, conflict,, more conflict, resolution with everyone full of impossible insight how many movies like this have been made? ah well... a good way for actors to learn to emote and a harmless waste of a few thousand dollars. No more painful than any of the thousand forgettable others. Has a nice, natural look,solid direction. No stand-outs among the ensemble but nothing made me cringe, either The dialogue was also very realistic so it seems Sam Neave the writer/director/ editor has loads of talent, just didn't have much of a story to wield it on.
He also had the luck or the smarts to have Daddy Redford's little girl Amy as one of his stars. Can't hurt the funding. She did a fine job, BTW.
Skip this., 10 May 2008
Author: ren ster from United States
This is a really bad film. I'm forced to say more because there is a minimum of ten lines in order to have my comment posted, and this movie was so bad I feel an obligation to warn the general public. It was screened at Sundance (?) and then later on Channel 13 (???) where I saw it. It is incredibly heavy handed with a topic (?) that doesn't stand up under such weight; the melodrama the characters infused into everyday situations felt much less like an interesting commentary on how the general "we" conduct our lives and much more like overwrought / indulgent whining. There was a small bit of decent acting, but it was ruined by all of the hissy fits and at times atrociously lame writing. This is one party that promises (SUNDANCE? PBS???) a lot more than it delivers.
0 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
An excellent independent film with strong performances, 24 November 2005
Author: rick-391 from US
Cry Funny Happy is a film that demonstrates how an unknown director and group of actors with little more than desire can create a powerful and compelling story. The cast has magnetic chemistry that draws you deeper into this story of a circle of friends in the grips of personal crisis. The movement in Independent film production has given opportunities to talented casts and crews to demonstrate what is possible without the studio system. CFH is a obvious winner and has a cast,director, and visual style that will stay with you long after the film ends.
I have watched this film several times with different groups of friends. I'm amused how everyone has a fairly extreme point of view and seems best reviewed by people under 30 who still fight to understand their identity and personal journey.
0 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
poignant, 13 July 2004
Author: goddesssupreme03 from chicago
this was a poignant film dealing with interpersonal relationships. it had great characters, superb acting and an intelligent script. it got to the heart of the intimacy (or lack there of) between people as they navigate relationships with friends and lovers. The independence of the film allowed it to be truly multicultural. it was truly a rare occasion to see a movie and have characters of all backgrounds fully integrated (not assimilated, there is a big difference). They were also included without the stereotypical b.s. most filmmakers include. Which normally depicts characters of color generally and superficially.
Great Character Study!!! Good Acting!!! Even better writing!!!!
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