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08/21/02
Happy, Texas (1999)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:40
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: A smart, light-hearted romantic comedy, Happy, Texas uses its well-written script and exceptional cast to prove there's still life left in the fish-out-of-water caper genre.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Harry Sawyer (Northam) and Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr. (Zahn) are two escaped convicts who find themselves in Happy, Texas. When they are mistaken for a gay couple who are in town to host a local beauty... [More]
Starring: Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam, William H. Macy, Ally Walker
Director: Mark Illsley
Reviews for Happy, Texas
...an irresistibly winsome and winning comedy...
06/05/02
It's a breath of fresh air to review a film that, having received an award from the Sundance Film Festival, actually deserves the accolade.
04/03/02
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03/24/02
Jeremy Northam gives a deft performance and Steve Zahn is especially brilliant in delineating his character's transformation from illiterate lug to finicky choreographer.
01/09/02
Happy, Texas is a hoot, a hilarious comedy that's smart and caring, yet sexy and ingenious enough that it just might stir up some of that elusive Full Monty-style box-office appeal.
02/14/01
Top CriticFull of bumbling schemes, sexual deception and mistaken identities, the film occasionally lets some hambone moments creep in, but Zahn and the amazing Macy as the town's oddly secretive sheriff are the icing on this zany cake.
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Anybody with a soft spot for fakers, who either identifies with them or just admires their chutzpah, is going to get a kick out of Happy, Texas.
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01/01/00
A joyous entertainment, tinged with an appealing innocence both singular and welcome in contemporary American film.
01/01/00
A sitcom type of nonsensical comedy, one that has abolutely no bite.
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With his sandy hair askew and his moustache overgrown, Zahn is a bona fide comic scene stealer.
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...a wellspring of sweet, effervescent humor that reminds us that comedies don't have to be all about fart jokes and bathroom humor.
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