The Happy Ending (1969)
Directed by Richard Brooks · 112 min · Drama
8.1 TOPICAL score · #5,813 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read about in fairy tales. Now it's 16 years later; Fred has had an affair, and Mary drowns her sorrows in pills and booze, a dangerous combination that nearly resulted in her death the year before. As Mary rushes off to the Bahamas for a relaxing escape from her crumbling marriage, she reflects on the past and wonders just where it all went wrong.
The Happy Ending (1969, directed by Richard Brooks) has a TOPICAL score of 8.1 - ranked 5,813 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on critics. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 33% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.1/10 (29 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 14 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics33% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.9/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.1/10 (29 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 14 languages
- Still read3,458 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jean Simmons (actor #437), John Forsythe (actor #1,445), Shirley Jones (actor #634), Lloyd Bridges (actor #1,158)