Karl Geary,
Shalom Harlow,
Clarence Williams III,
Ally Sheedy,
Josephine Martin
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Drawn into a menacing underground world of the New Orleans elite while searching for her missing sister, Muriel (Shalom Harlow), Amelia (Liane Balaban) is aided in her investigation by ex-CIA agent Bi... read more
DVD Release Date: December 27, 2005
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December 19, 2005[font=Century Gothic]"Happy Here and Now" starts out with Amelia(Liane Balaban) venturing to New Orleans to look for her missing sister, Muriel.(At the same time, a firefighter is agonizing over the loss of a fellow firefighter.) Bill(Clarence Williams III), a former CIA Agent, ... read more
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August 31, 2009Started out promising with some interesting character studies & great shots of the real New Orleans pre-Katrina, but not much of a story. Just as I became interested in the characters, it ended. See Ally Sheedy in HIGH ART for her best performance yet.
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December 16, 2005
David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter
December 16, 2005
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
This is a droll, laid-back film noir steeped in Crescent City atmosphere and music that culminates in the colliding worlds of genuine and virtual reality. Full Review
December 16, 2005
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Michael Almereyda's muddled Happy Here and Now should have stayed on the shelf -- where it's been gathering dust for several years.
December 16, 2005
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Michael Almereyda's futuristic mystery isn't a complete misfire, but it does leave you with the same baffled blankness that suffuses his isolated, techno-dependent characters. Full Review
December 15, 2005
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Mourning and gloom weigh upon most of the characters in Michael Almereyda's convoluted and numbingly pretentious Happy Here and Now Full Review
December 15, 2005
Scott Foundas, Variety
This small masterpiece has been one of the best films around not to secure a proper theatrical release. Full Review
December 14, 2005
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Set in New Orleans, this collection of loosely connected set pieces was written and directed by Michael Almereyda, who is perhaps best known for his 2000 iteration of Hamlet.
December 13, 2005
David Ng, Village Voice
When Amelia takes the full multimedia plunge in the movie's final moments, Happy becomes something inexplicably (and metaphysically) beautiful. Full Review
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