Austin Film Festival: 'Happy Ending'

AFF Film Review

"...Happy Ending is as kawaii -- cute -- as one..."

Oct. 25, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Happy Ending

Bollywood romantic comedy.

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Happy Ending for Historic Saga

City staff backs as existing tax exemptions preserved

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Lavernia: A Happy Ending

After 16 years in jail, an innocent Cuban refugee gets his green card

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Happy Endings

Movie about master manipulators and the people who love them is rife with surprises.

"...refer with a smirk to that other kind of happy ending – when a masseuse, cough, finishes with a..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Happy Accidents

"...the time the contrived, silly, and far too wonderful ending rolls around you find yourself flummoxed by how much..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin's Next Shot at Ending Homelessness

Thanks to an infusion of philanthropic cash, the city and its iTeam embark on a new effort

"...the problem," says Ann Howard, executive director of the Ending Com­mun­i­ty Homelessness Coalition (ECHO). "But this is a moment..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Getting Map Happy

Local districts might fare better than congressional ones

"...Travis County's congressional districts, local state representatives are apparently happy about their own proposed new boundaries, and for good..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Driving Down the 101: Somehow Ending Up in Austin

Hunky Ben McKenzie spoke to a throng of screaming babes at the UT Obama office.

"...collegians, and at once I felt awash in both happy and sad. Happy to see this injection of spirit..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...I called, long distance, got her machine, left a happy drunken message -- with Spider, Lora, and Mimi concurring..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Happy Trail (of Lights) to You

54th annual Zilker Park tradition returns Dec. 10-23

"...through the sights of the Austin Trail of Lights, ending with a celebration in the center of Zilker Park..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Chron Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Then There's This... : Austin's Never-Ending Story

Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

"...because times were good and every day was like happy hour. But of course she was right, and the..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...The current Republican posturing on cutting spending and balancing the budget would seem absolutely pathetic if..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...Scott and Robert Springsteen walked out of jail after spending nearly 10 years behind bars for the 1991 murders..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Princess Caraboo

"...is a Javanese princess whose father will not be happy were she to be tossed into prison. She is..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broken English

Parker Posey gives a lovely, toned-down performance as Nora Wilder, the single, mid-30s Manhattanite at the heart of this romantic comedy.

"...rom-com clichés (culminating in a direct filching of the ending of Richard Linklater's much better rom-com Before Sunset, missed..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trippin'

"...Be Messin' Wit' My Shit” to a swooning crowd, fending off a swarm of eager college scouts. His well-meaning..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Couples Retreat

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau prove they are no longer swingers, but since this film is the only new national release this week, it's sure to be "money."

"...eats away at the various marriages (especially the one happy union) and a "couples whisperer" by the name of..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transit

A contemporary retelling of life in occupied France has chilling modern resonances

"...of them don’t seem to be heading for a happy ending. The film becomes a dissection of sorrow and..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Three Identical Strangers

Deception, research, and an almost unbelievable mystery of triplets divided at birth

"...of cigarettes. But the silver lining to their seemingly happy ending starts to tarnish once questions are asked about..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor

A deeply personal examination of 2013's landmark Supreme Court gay marriage case.

"...already feels like more like a prologue than a happy ending...."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Love, Simon

Coming-out story remembers the romance.

"...at arm’s length all their lives. It’s a cliched happy ending, one you’ve seen countless times before, but never..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Daddy's Home

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg vie for the love of their shared family

"...reason Daddy’s Home can wend its way toward a happy ending. There’s never a surfeit of fathers in this..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Overnight

A good cast and a provocative setup still can't make this indie rom-com soar

"...The Overnight could use at this point is another happy ending...."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Take This Waltz

Sarah Polley's sophomore film, starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, is an inquiry into commitment and carnal desire, and the hard choices we make when the two don’t align.

"...that in a less challenging film would mark the happy ending. In 360 degrees, the camera rounds a couple..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Georgia Rule

Despite the presence of three acting powerhouses – Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan – this movie about three generations of "difficult" women never rings true.

"...usually has a surer hand with these kinds of happy-ending dramedy mash-ups, but films such as his execrable Exit..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Holiday

Nancy Meyers’ follow-up to Something’s Gotta Give mines the same go-girl terrain but is far less interesting, featuring stock characterizations and a blandly upbeat vibe.

"...surprise. Of course you know there will be a happy ending, but you also know you’ll cut to a..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Iron Ladies

"...traditions, it is a true fairy tale with a happy ending...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Baby Boy

"...who has set up a nice landscaping business after spending 10 years in lockup. Jody fears that he will..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Space Cowboys

"...that make you long for more. A ridiculously implausible happy ending unfortunately serves as the film's final note. Yet,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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