One of the truly great ensemble films, Happiness follows three sisters and the people in their lives. Trish is married to a psychiatrist who sees the company of young boys. Helen is a successful writer with esteem issues who is drawn to a man who makes obscene phone calls (a creepy and sympathetic Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Joy, brow-beaten by her sisters, seeks out to find a new life. “As repulsive as some of the characters are, Solondz makes most of them deeply sympathetic. And every scene works on several levels at once: The film’s most hilarious moments all have poignant undercurrents, while the saddest–and most disturbing–are frequently sidesplitting at the same time” –Andrew Johnston, Time Out.