Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) (original) (raw)
A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.
A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. (less)
Director: Peter Chelsom
Writers: Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay, Fran�ois Lelord
Starring: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsg�rd, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer
Producer: Judy Tossell
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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 25, 2014
2 / 10
Something happened to �Hector and the Search for Happiness� during the adaptation process, something that took a novel by psychiatrist Francois Lelord and turned it into a touchy-feely British film with no sense of timing, tenderness, and character. All over the map tonally, with surprisingly little shame, the feature is a complete mess that carries on as a cinematic band-aid offered to moviegoers probably wondering why they�re expected to cry when they had nothing to do with the creation of this picture. �Hector and the Search for Happiness� is aching to be sweet syrup for the masses, but it ...read more...
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