Instead of deftly showing the information we need, the film inundates the audience with minutiae and sly comments that have little bearing on the film's action. But she scraps her ditsy-girl act, and her damaged character exudes a vulnerability that her other work didn't allow her to explore.Īlso, throughout the film we get title cards explaining characters' back-stories, and this strikes me as lazy filmmaking. ON ELIZA (JANE) Victoria peplum dress by alice + olivia, 264 at Bloomingdale s Bella Colletta necklace, 98 at glasses, actress s. Of particular note is Lisa Kudrow, with whom I, a long-time Friends hater, have never been impressed. Fall fashion with the cast of Happy Endings. The way in which each of these actors commit to their characters makes the film almost believable. However, good actors can sometimes save bad writing. The first two webisodes were directed by Steven Mesner, with the remaining four directed by members of the Happy Endings cast: Zachary Knighton directed the third webisode, Elisha Cuthbert the fourth, Casey Wilson the fifth and Adam Pally the sixth and final webisode.
CAST OF HAPPY ENDINGS SERIES
A lot of the critics' reviews of Happy Endings lamented the ludicrousness of its storylines, and from a writer's standpoint, I have to agree. The web series was written by Jason Berger and Jen Regan. In my sentence-summary of the film, I listed the most prominent plots, and if you think I'm being somewhat satirical, you're right. Sure, there are a couple moments that were chuckle-worthy, but that's about it. I write "dramatic" intentionally because even though the title cards and other sources identify this as a comedy, I saw very little humorous about its situations or delivery. Multiple intersecting stories, including plots about blackmail, stolen sperm, and a woman who fucks a gay drummer and his father, are at the center of this Robert Altman imitation.īy the end of this film, I thought that it had reached the Altman Standard in terms of its ability to cleverly combine these characters with some degree of dramatic effectiveness.
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