Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998) torrent

When a young woman (Jane Adams) rejects her current overweight suitor (Jon Lovitz) in a restaurant, he unexpectedly places a curse on her. The film then moves on to her sisters. One (Cynthia Stevenson) is a happily married woman with a psychiatrist husband (Dylan Baker) and three kids. Unfortunately the husband develops an unnatural fascination for his 11 year old son's male classmates, fantasizes about mass killing in a park, and masturbates to teen magazines. One of his patients (Philip Seymour Hoffman) has an unrequited fascination for the third sister (Lara Flynn Boyle). Meanwhile the apparently stable 40 year marriage of the sister's parents (Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser) suddenly unravels when he decides he has had enough and wants to live a hermit's life in Florida. Obviously, the whole movie is slightly warped in its viewpoint and certainly presents abnormal relationships among all of its parties.



Cast overview, first billed only:

Jane Adams .... Joy Jordan

Jon Lovitz .... Andy Kornbluth

Philip Seymour Hoffman .... Allen

Dylan Baker .... Bill Maplewood

Lara Flynn Boyle .... Helen Jordan

Justin Elvin .... Timmy Maplewood

Cynthia Stevenson .... Trish Maplewood

Lila Glantzman-Leib .... Chloe Maplewood

Gerry Becker .... Psychiatrist

Rufus Read .... Billy Maplewood

Louise Lasser .... Mona Jordan

Ben Gazzara .... Lenny Jordan

Camryn Manheim .... Kristina

Arthur J. Nascarella .... Detective Berman

Molly Shannon .... Nancy