Happy Tears Page #2

Synopsis: Jayne and Laura are about to take on the first man they just might not be able to handle: their seventy-something-year-old father Joe. Dutiful daughters returning to the house they grew up in, Jayne and Laura are forced to take a closer look at their own not-so-perfect lives while dodging childhood memories. Laura suspects that Joe needs full-time care, but Jayne hopes that their father's condition isn't that serious. Joe is still singing and playing his old guitar, and the lively widower even has a new "ladyfriend," shameless and sassy Shelly. But as the visible moments of their father's impending senility increase, so do the dysfunctional family dynamics. Tensions flare as the close sisters must also juggle their own very different lives - Laura's busy schedule as an environmentalist and mother of two small children, and Jayne, desperate to finally have a baby with her workaholic art-dealing husband Jackson. Their adventures back home are not without magic, mischief and mayhem, and e
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Roadside Attractions
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
R
Year:
2009
92 min
Website
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Whoever used this sh*t?

l'm not talking to you.

Wow, wow, wow.

Damn it.

Damn it.

Damn it.

Damn it.

Damn it.

Damn it.

Oh, man.

- Eli, l don't know what l did with-

- It's me, Jackson.

Honey, where are you?

- At Daddy's.

- Already?

How is he?

How are you? How was the flight?

Yeah. The flight was good.

Sorry. So that's good.

lt's...

- Everything's great.

- Good.

l'm fine, except-

- It's the FedEx.

- So what? Jackson, listen to me.

lt's probably from MoMA.

lt doesn't matter. l'm fine.

l'm going to have to sign for it. Hold.

l'm fine, except l just scraped the sh*t

out of my father's ass-crack

with my bare hands!

Om!

Turn it om!

Okay.

What's with this Fort Knox lighting?

That and this fence.

lt's like...

''Attention, robbers.

Lest you pass this dump by,

let it be known there's

valuable stum in here.''

Well, he wants people to think

he's got something-

his buried treasure.

lt's so counter-

something.

l made a plate.

You didn't tell me he was shitting himself.

l wanted you to come.

Yum.

l'm so tired.

Just leave everything to me now.

lt's not just him.

lt's...

work and kids and no money.

You know, Jackson said-

We do have a little bit

of pride left, Jayne.

Well, at least Laurent does.

No, l quit.

l don't drink or smoke anymore.

Whoa. Really?

Exercise, diet, and no drugs.

Wow. Well, maybe that's going to help.

Help?

Oh, that. Yes.

Plus, l'm going to get my degree.

Good for you.

And l'm going to pry Jackson

away from his desk.

Yeah. Good luck.

And get pregnant.

How much?

They're 300.

And change.

On sale.

Why do you try to bullshit me?

Bastard.

He's got an appointment

with the neurologist in the morning.

Can you handle it?

Yeah. That's what l'm here for.

Right.

Wait.

What am l doing here?

Point.

Wait.

Come here.

Come here, grimy.

Are you still doing that?

Well, l can't tell the dimerence

if mine is open or closed or up, down.

You have to do it religiously,

every day, so...

With Laurent, l don't ever have to worry

about missing that crucial day.

Which l think is coming up for me.

Yeah? Why don't you

have Jackson come out?

He's too busy.

Not even just for, like,

a little quick wham-bam?

Take the next flight out.

l mean, he can amord it.

He's too busy.

That's your problem.

With Laurent,

l wouldn't have to ask twice.

You don't have to go, honey.

Yes, l do.

lt's the collectors.

Jackson!

- Legacy!

- Father!

Jackson.

Whoa!

Father.

Jackson!

Legacy!

Father.

Jackson!

Father!

Jackson!

l love you.

l would, but the retrospective-

Please. Just for a night or two.

l'll make it worth your while.

The gallery can handle everything,

Jackson.

l know, but it should be me.

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Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Wilson Lichtenstein (born March 10, 1956) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. The son of Isabel (née Wilson) and Roy Lichtenstein, he studied acting at Bennington College in Vermont.In Ang Lee's film The Wedding Banquet (1993), Lichtenstein played the partner of a gay Taiwanese man living in the United States who is forced to marry by his parents. Other credits include Streamers (1983). He produced, wrote, and directed the 2007 black comedy horror film Teeth, about the pitfalls and power of a girl as a living example of the vagina dentata myth. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews.His film Happy Tears premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009. His film Angelica has been selected to be screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.He is openly gay. more…

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