Happy Endings (film)
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Happy Endings is a 2005 American dramedy film written and directed by Don Roos and starring Tom Arnold, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale, Steve Coogan, Laura Dern, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lisa Kudrow and Jason Ritter.
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Plot
The film follows a diverse group of mostly middle-class Los Angelenos through the emotional ups and downs in their flawed yet very human lives, each loosely connected to each other through a restaurant.
In the first story, Mamie reluctantly agrees to work with a would-be young filmmaker in order to locate the now grown son she secretly gave up for adoption after becoming pregnant from her stepbrother Charley – who is later revealed to be gay – 19 years earlier.
In the second story arc, her stepbrother, and his domestic partner, Gil, are deciding whether or not to confront their friends, a lesbian couple, regarding the paternity of their son.
And in the third, a young man, Otis, is involved with a band and trying to keep his father, Frank, from learning that he is gay, while also dealing with the seemingly gold-digging woman, Jude, who inserts herself into their lives.
Cast
- Lisa Kudrow as Mamie Toll
- Hallee Hirsh as Mamie Toll (age 17)
- Steve Coogan as Charley Peppitone Template:Nb10
- Tom Arnold as Frank McKee
- Jason Ritter as Otis McKee
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jude
- Bobby Cannavale as Javier Duran
- Jesse Bradford as Nicky Kunitz
- David Sutcliffe as Gil Palmer
- Laura Dern as Pam Ferris
- Sarah Clarke as Diane
- Johnny Galecki as Miles (uncredited)
See also
- Hyperlink cinema – the film style of using multiple inter-connected story lines
