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Hector and the Search for Happiness
Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.
Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama - 2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
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Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
Director:
,
Peter Chelsom
Cast:
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Jean Reno
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Toni Collette
,
Rosamund Pike
,
Simon Pegg

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
114 min
Release date:
14 Aug 2014
Country:
GB, ZA, DE, CA
Languages:
German, English, French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$1,124,445
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
This film is a winner. It will not only entertain you, but also make you think about what it takes to bring happiness into your own life.
– Bill Zwecker,
Chicago Sun-Times,
26 Sep 2014
fresh:
While there's limited value in Hector's search for happiness and the dozen-plus "lessons" he learns about the emotional state, the film works nicely as a character piece.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
26 Sep 2014
rotten:
Potential peeps out occasionally in Hector and the Search for Happiness, but then flounders and gets lost in a bland sea of sentimentality and cultural myopia.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
2 Oct 2014
rotten:
A movie bearing as faux-naive a title as this has to make a pretty good case for itself. This it decidedly does not do.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
2 Oct 2014
rotten:
Hector may indeed learn that narcissism stands in the way of happiness, but he also walks away with his privileges intact and unchallenged.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec 2014
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