OK, Happiness might be a masterpiece. Id have to do more than see it again to really know Id have to see it again five or 10 years from now, when the distractions and diversions of its present context have fallen away. Happiness is a good enough film, though, to deserve its audiences best efforts to banish distraction and view it clearly. A heralded entry in this months New York Film Festival, Happiness was controversial before release for its scrupulous depiction of the daily life of a child molester though that, it should be said, is only one of several threads in this twohourplus, multiplestoryline black comedy. Dropped by its intended distributor who scored a considerable success with Solondzs previous film, Welcome to the Dollhouse, the film has been released without a rating by a unique consortium brought together expressly for this purpose.

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