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The Happy Ending
MEANRANK
58/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 37, highest is Metacritic critics on 72. Critics average 72, everyone else 55.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A woman reflects on her sixteen-year marriage on the eve of her wedding anniversary. Feeling trapped in a life of suburban ennui and disillusioned with her husband, she contemplates leaving her family. The film explores her internal struggle with societal expectations, personal happiness, and the meaning of love.
Details
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Writer
- Richard Brooks
- Studio
- Pax Enterprises
- Released
- 21 December 1969
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
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