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Happy, Texas
1999
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Every rating
56–81
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
Details
- Director
- Mark Illsley
- Writers
- Ed Stone, Mark Illsley, Phil Reeves
- Studio
- Marked Entertainment
- Released
- 3 December 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Box office
- $1.9M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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See all 1 →1 major award won · 1 win from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| Sundance Special Jury Prize 1999 | Acting | Winner |
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Sundance Special Jury Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Acting | Winner |