Happiness

Opens Friday, June 6, 2025

New 4K Restoration!

Fresh off the breakout success of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, writer-director Todd Solondz took a career-defining chance with this shockingly funny and upsetting story about the hopes, secrets, and misfortunes of a New Jersey family and those unlucky enough to be sucked into their orbit. Turned down by Sundance for its troubling content, HAPPINESS is a sympathetic and deeply sincere examination of our capacity for cruelty, self-delusion, and love. As potent today as it was in 1998 and featuring an incredible ensemble including Dylan Baker and Philip Seymour Hoffman, HAPPINESS is presented here in a new 4K restoration.

“One of the most lacerating, funny and distinctive voices in American film.” – New York Times

• Country USA
• Year 1998
• Running Time 134 minutes
• Format 4K Restoration
• Distributor Universal
• Director Todd Solondz
• Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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