Even retreading old content would be fine if Haneke went about it in an interesting way, but Happy End seems to be on formal autopilot...

| Dec 6, 2023

It's the late Trintignant who steals the show. His scene with young Harduin is so good. Bleak in the assessment of our present society which is grooming a generation that lacks empathy, Happy End is in line with other great Haneke films & just as strong.

| Jun 27, 2022

Happy End is not a pleasant experience, but it's a rich one upon close examination.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 16, 2022

All the performances are top notch but Trintignant and Harduin keep things interesting in a story that feels unfocused.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 28, 2021

If you can handle watching a family continuing to come together just so they can keep falling apart, step right up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2020

For true Haneke devotees it'll be a film that'll challenge and provoke, taunt and tease, stimulate and captivate you.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

If you're looking for timeless analysis of the ludicrous resilience of the ruling class, see Buñuel's deliciously surreal Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.

| Jun 3, 2020

If Michael Haneke should die before he wakes, I pray the Lord his soul to take, along with this half-baked sequel to his magnificent Amour (2012).

| Apr 3, 2020

Michael Haneke's weakest effort in years. Family alienation was better dealt with in Caché.

| Jan 27, 2020

[A] disturbing treatise on family and institutional corruption.

| Jan 15, 2020

The level of intelligence, precision and discipline involved boggles the mind.

| Oct 14, 2019

Wickedly superb social satire, and the little bit of sugar evident in [Haneke's] latest formulation only allows the lacerations to cut deeper.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2019

It remains an uncomfortable, precise piece, with extraordinarily well-directed actors.[Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 12, 2019

With satire, sorrow and secrecy bathing in dark corners and also in broad daylight, "don't worry, be happy" never felt so difficult.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 8, 2019

Haneke seems less like an uncompromising social satirist and more like a pernicious scold, taking a one-dimensional "kids these days" position on modern technology.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 3, 2019

It's a fascinating story...filled with a rich cast of characters who are played by a brilliant ensemble cast.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2019

Even familiar in tone and less effective than previous material, Happy End feels destructive inside out, and the Austrian helmer shows it with a sardonic artistic touch.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 31, 2019

Happy End is the most recent and brilliant chapter of an ideological and cultural journey on the decadency of the bourgeois society in Europe. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 18, 2019

A film with people you wouldn't want to spend five minutes with, let alone two hours.

| Original Score: C | Nov 3, 2018

Who knew that the scariest thing in Happy End is not voyeurism, not euthanasia, not psychosexuality, not animal cruelty but white privilege?

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2018