Happy Endings

USA 2005, 128 minutes
Dir. Don Roos
Rating: [M]
Genres: Comedy, Drama / LGBT, Lesbian

Feat. Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tom Arnold, Laura Dern, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale

Aroview: A clutch of hedonistic Americans collide, abuse and impregnate each other in this typically light yet smart black comedy from the dir. of THE OPPOSITE OF SEX.

Set around a trio of storylines (which intersect at the finale) in which Kudrow is blackmailed by a filmmaker; Coogan suspects his lesbian friend has used his boyfriend to get pregnant; and Gyllenhaal sleeps with a musician so as to get close to his father. Although replete with intertitle explanations of the action and the odd miscast, this has a certain blithe quality that is actually quite entertaining and hormonally good-natured by the finale. Worth a look.