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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJoe presents not so much a problem for Jayne and Laura as an opportunity. It's time to finally grow up and be true daughters and sisters. They've waited long enough. All of this, I must add, is done with a nicely screwy, sometimes stoned humor.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayHappy Tears is a complete mess of a movie, but Lichtenstein conjures some sweet moments and striking metaphors.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesLichtenstein dutifully unpacks the family's unhappy past, but he's so easily distracted by surreal dream sequences and colorful supporting characters that his main story gradually dries up into a sitcom.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezIn Happy Tears, Posey lands a juicy starring role designed to showcase her eccentric energy, and she's so delighted by the opportunity that her happiness infuses the movie: She keeps the first half of Happy Tears aloft on a cloud of endearing tics and mannerisms.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe acting's not the problem, and it's a nice thing to find Moore playing a human-scaled human being, with a recognizable human touch. The material has a hint of it too. But only a hint.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttSimply weird. The funny has gone missing.
- 30VarietyVarietyA contradictory creature, both insightful and dumb, sometimes innovative and sometimes just plain inept. Dreamy, funny but also weirdly disjointed, it’s as if the very film itself were stoned, just like its two pot-smoking sister protags.
- 20Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThis film will make you cry tears. They won’t be happy ones.
- 0Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonContinuing both his bad filmmaking and obsession with lethal orifices, Mitchell Lichtenstein follows up "Teeth," his clumsy debut about a dismembering vagina, with a voluminous explosion of poop.