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Happy Here and Now

Play trailer Poster for Happy Here and Now R,  2002,  1h 29m,  Mystery & Thriller/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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After Muriel (Shalom Harlow) goes missing, her sister Amelia (Liane Balaban) tries to track her down. Aided by Bill (Clarence Williams III), a family friend and former CIA agent, Amelia finds out that Muriel had been having a lengthy Internet correspondence with a local man named Eddie (David Arquette). Once Bill and Amelia locate Eddie, an eccentric exterminator, and his brother Tom (Karl Geary), they find themselves even farther from Muriel than before.
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Critics Consensus

Happy Here and Now has a rich setting and some interesting ideas, but the story frustratingly refuses to spark to life.

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David Hunter The Hollywood Reporter Dec 16, 2005
The future is quieter, emotionally subdued and grayly mysterious, at least in the small hop forward imagined by filmmaker Michael Almereyda. Go to Full Review
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Dec 16, 2005
3.5/5
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. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post Dec 16, 2005
1/4
Michael Almereyda's muddled Happy Here and Now should have stayed on the shelf -- where it's been gathering dust for several years. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 3, 2015
B+
Strange but intriguing pic about alienation from the modern-day tech world. Go to Full Review
Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007
Murky and humorless. Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Feb 8, 2006
The film is resolutely committed to its affectations of deepness and meaningfulness, but all it imparts is a sense of tediousness. Go to Full Review
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Michael Almereyda

Director

Karl Geary

Eddie Mars

Shalom Harlow

Muriel

Clarence Williams III

Bill

Ally Sheedy

Lois

Josephine Martin

Josephine

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Movie Info

Synopsis After Muriel (Shalom Harlow) goes missing, her sister Amelia (Liane Balaban) tries to track her down. Aided by Bill (Clarence Williams III), a family friend and former CIA agent, Amelia finds out that Muriel had been having a lengthy Internet correspondence with a local man named Eddie (David Arquette). Once Bill and Amelia locate Eddie, an eccentric exterminator, and his brother Tom (Karl Geary), they find themselves even farther from Muriel than before.
Director
Michael Almereyda
Producer
Anthony Katagas, Callum Greene
Screenwriter
Michael Almereyda
Production Co
Keep Your Head, IFC Productions
Rating
R (Some Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 8, 2002, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Dec 14, 2005
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.4K
Runtime
1h 29m
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