H Is for Happiness (2019) (original) (raw)
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family - whatever it takes.
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family - whatever it takes. (less)
Director: John Sheedy
Starring: Miriam Margolyes, Bridget Turner
Producer: Tenille Kennedy
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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 16, 2020
7 / 10
�H is for Happiness� is an adaptation of the book �My Life as an Alphabet� by Peter Jonsberg, and it�s a bit of a miracle that an American production company didn�t get its hands on the material for a film adaptation. It�s slightly quirky work with some level of melodrama, but the picture is an Australian undertaking, thus achieving a bit more oddity to offset the formulaic elements of the plot. There�s genuine weirdness running through �H is for Happiness,� and that�s a good thing, with director John Sheedy making his feature-length debut with true test of tonal balance, setting out to visual ...read more...
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