Sykt lykkelig 2010

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: [A] pleasantly warped Norwegian dramatic comedy... Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Its subversive intentions are ultimately undercut by its lack of nerve, along with a lurking sentimentality. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Shifts into a blend of infidelity farce and domestic-strife melodrama that never quite finds an organic middle ground. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: "Happy, Happy" won't make you happy if you hold to the notion that a movie can be funny or serious, but not both. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: Happy, Happy unfolds in a fleet 85 minutes, with no wasted scenes and with strong performances from all concerned. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: You can't help but laugh at the obviousness in "Happy Happy.'' Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Sewitsky aims for quirky humanism along the lines of Finland's Aki Kaurismaki; she's helped along considerably by Kittelsen's sunny performance, though the film crosses over into Scandinavian kitsch with a series of country-swing interludes. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Kittelsen is a funny, expansive actress, and director Anne Sewitsky manages the sad-comic tonal shifts with emotional accuracy. Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: Kittelsen's performance is the linchpin of the film -- her open, emotive face reveals as much about her thoughts as her poor impulse control. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: For all the zaniness, the movie's understanding and insight come in moments so incisive that the sharpness will sting. Read more

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic: Sewitsky is a bit too fond of the handheld camera, but she is immediate, close. Her first picture, daring title and all, takes an empathic look at a permanent puzzle. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It is short and intense enough that it always seems on track, even if the train goes nowhere. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: The curdled Norwegian comedy-drama "Happy, Happy," which dissects a pair of poisoned marriages, is sometimes heavy-handed (like its title) but has much to recommend it. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The trysts and twists are handled with a Coenesque sense of ironic melancholy. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Happy, Happy" has the makings of a Norwegian "Ice Storm," but it goes out with a whimper. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: A thoughtful, nicely played melodrama, bordering on patronising in its depiction of rural folk, but staying on the right side of the line - thanks to sympathetic performances. Read more

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Dennis Harvey, Variety: Happy Happy is a winning comedy that gets good-natured fun out of characters behaving quite badly. Read more

Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice: The questionable black-historical shorthand detracts from what is otherwise a well-performed and fitfully amusing film. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Sewitsky may intend "Happy, Happy" as a Chekhovian chamber piece or romantic bagatelle, but her smugness about racism - and her glib symbolic resolution of the conflicts she raises - suggests an ambition that far outstrips her ability, at least for now. Read more