The Happy Film

2017
7.4| 1h35m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 17 August 2017 Released
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Country: United States of America
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New York designer Stefan Sagmeister lives in the city of his dreams, and creates work for the likes of the Rolling Stones and Jay-Z. Business is good, creative juices are flowing, and yet he suspects there must be more to life. Sagmeister takes on the daunting project of changing his personality by trying to figure out the causes of happiness. On the advice of a trusted psychologist Sagmeister experiments with three different approaches: meditation, therapy, and drugs. The Happy Film follows his pursuit, and all that he encounters along the way: joy, ecstasy, heartbreak, change, love, and death.

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Documentary

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Director

Stefan Sagmeister, Hillman Curtis, Ben Nabors

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The Happy Film Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
nomenow Hello, This movie was so well done, with such beauty and cleverness. A true outlook on a topic. Well worth the time and or money to see. I highly recommend.
williamandrewsthefirst I thought this was a self-involved navel-gazing atrocity. I'm not even trying to be mean, just realistic. You cannot make a film about the self like this. Considering they're a design firm, their transitions are nice, however, this doesn't warrant making a movie. Graphic design doesn't translate to cinema. He just seems like a serial womanizer with unrealistic expectations. This could have been reduced to a good short on YouTube. He's pretty affluent and has nothing at all to be sad about. Champagne problems. The only place I can really see this being seriously screened is in a dentist's waiting room.
nathaliekoutia The best way to know someone's opinion about a movie is by capturing their reactions all along the movie. It's true that The Happy Film's purpose is not to "make you happy" but it truly does give you a warm feeling of safeness and happiness. It touches a big part of us and leaves us with so many challenges to deal with. There were tears, laughs and sadness. Learning from someone like Stefan, whom I truly admire, opened up our soul and mind through this movie.You may get lost in between because you're caught up by the honest moments that have been shared or caught up by your own thoughts thinking about your conflicts now. But that's the beauty of the exercise.Congratulations on this masterpiece, I would watch it again and again and still learn something new every single time.
lisaleksey Was following the making since the Happy Show Start. Got a chance to see at a local festival. Documenting Sagmeister's (systematic) experiment aimed at evaluating different ways of achieving happiness, mixed with real-life experiences. Honest, entertaining and inspirational.