Sam Levinson's comedy primal scream...

| Jun 18, 2020

Superb writing, a quickly moving plot and outstanding lead performances make this one a winner.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 11, 2013

Supposedly, Another Happy Day is meant to be a dark comedy. Unfortunately, demanding it is comedic on the box does not make the actual film so.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 10, 2013

The actors make the trauma in "Another Happy Day" feel real. But it's too often undercut by directorial fussiness that feels more academic than personal.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 12, 2012

Gios toy Barry Levinson, alla mallon oxi idiaitera prosektikos mathhths toy, o Sam soy anamasaei senariografika kai soy ypobathmizei skhnothetika ola ayta ta psyxopsaxtika poy exeis synhthisei na blepeis sta aneksarthta amerikanika

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 26, 2011

...the performances of Barkin and Miller - who's getting great buzz for his work in We Need to Talk About Kevin - make it worth seeing, even in this season of Oscar-seeking dramas.

| Original Score: 87/100 | Dec 21, 2011

Levinson piles on the anguish with such abandon he never convinces you that these people would ever speak to each other, much less live under the same roof.

| Dec 9, 2011

Combines some of the stock elements of a family film with an extra something - a go-for-the-jugular quality, a kind of Ingmar Bergman-like honesty and viciousness that brings it up a notch.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 8, 2011

"Another Happy Day" becomes increasingly difficult to watch, despite its intelligence and strong cast. You wish this family well, but you're grateful to see the last of them.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 22, 2011

Intense, mature drama excavates too many family skeletons.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

If you liked Rachel Getting Married or Margot at the Wedding, you probably have good taste, so you should avoid this one.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 18, 2011

Dislikable movie characters don't always result in dislikable movies but that's certainly the case with Sam Levinson's Another Happy Day.

| Original Score: D+ | Nov 18, 2011

A tiresome and irritating melodrama about an extended family gathering for a wedding and showing their neurotic sides without any restraint.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Levinson's movie is highly enjoyable, if cast in a conventional mold, but I'm fully going on the warpath for Barkin, who has soldiered on through a long period of post-stardom and deserves an Oscar nomination for this role, right now.

Full Review | Nov 17, 2011

For all of difficulties, there is an authenticity in Levinson's work that you can see in the film, and his is a compelling voice playing in that minor key.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Writer/director Sam Levinson isn't so much making a movie as organizing a circus

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Both anguished and histrionic and in its strongest moments very, very good. But it is also overpopulated, strident and constitutionally unable to step back and scrutinize itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 17, 2011

It's unpleasant, shrill and exhausting - everyone's so busy airing their own grievances no one has time to listen to anyone else's - but it's a genuine actors' film anchored by some good performances...

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Nov 17, 2011

Levinson's uneven family drama bears all the hallmarks of a self-conscious indie debut. But he has one distinct advantage many young filmmakers lack: a powerhouse cast.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011