The Happy Ending

1969 · 112 min · EN · R · 6.1 (29 votes)

Dir. Richard Brooks · Starring Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright, Dick Shawn · Music Michel Legrand

“Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married.”

Drama

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.

VIBE

A quiet, introspective journey into the ennui of middle age. It feels like a long, contemplative sigh, exploring the search for meaning beyond the mundane. A film for quiet reflection.

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