TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Gutsycurene
Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
Salubfoto
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Anoushka Slater
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
LA Carlson
Certainly Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn and Bradley Whitford are talented actors who hoped for so much more. I know my laughing gave way to a sense of despair early. It seems clear why this show was not renewed. There's nothing remotely happy in this adult show. The conversations involving genitalia are what the Millennials find amusing over and over again. Baby Boomers just look ridiculous as some of the conversations are not plausible. A click to the writer's'website, Shalom Auslander says it all. It explains why this show is the way it is. His past interviews explain his perspective. Lots of swearing from episode to episode. The young boy, Sawyer Shipman, who plays their son is adorable.
hesam_110
It is "different" and does not belong to mainstream and regular type of shows that one may watch. It is not a kind of show that is talked about around water coolers and it is not to everybody's taste. It is not a kind of show that one watches for sheer purpose of entertainment. Not a kind of show that soothes you, either. It is more like a mirror that reflects how we could get lost in banality of life. It is thought provoking, witty, and intelligent. It is truthful, wry, honest, and cerebral. One of the best shows (sadly underrated and overlooked) in the so called "golden age of television", that tries to touch the vexed question of "happiness" in modern world and address the "tragic sense of life" in a roundabout way and blended with humor. To "Showtime" credit, for picking up and making this great show. Bravo Guys!
dwatters-1
I'm not sure how this series would be perceived by young people, or by seniors, but as a middle-aged person, I feel like the topics covered in this series are dead-on.Ignore the characters for a moment. If you focus just on them, you might see this series as a story of entitled people who have all they need (and more) but still feel unhappy. To me that's not the message at all. Through these characters the viewer is exploring a rather serious topic in our modern society. What makes us happy? Or perhaps more accurately, why are so many people unhappy? Anti-depressants are the most profitable pharmaceutical drug of this century. They don't really cure anything yet so many people are, or have been on them. Why? Are we all just a bunch of malcontents or is something really wrong here?Statistics have shown that people in their 40's are the least happy demographic but that they find themselves again in their 50's. What changes in those few years? I believe it's that we go through a second rebellion. If we are smart, we concentrate on life, living, being with those we care about and caring less about how we look, and what other people think. Downscaling, shedding responsibilities, finding more time for leisurely pursuits and spending less time working or chasing a fleeting goal - these things are important.We've all been sold a bill of good by our parents, schools, media and advertisers. Go to school, then college, fall in love, get married, buy a house, eat this, buy that, achieve success - and so on. Increasingly, people feel like this model of happiness doesn't fit for them.Look around, people are quietly ditching our commercial culture for one that fits their real needs.Despite persistent messages that consumption and conformity are the paths to happiness, many of us are increasingly learning that following our own path is what we really should be doing.Great series. Very inspiring - but watch it with the attitude that much of what is depicted is metaphorical. It leaves the viewer to ponder what it is that they gave up to be just another cog in the machine.And a side-note to the guy who said; "worst liberal self hating selfish ,me,me,me,me bull crap." This is not a story of liberals or conservatives. You have missed the point entirely. Depression and self-doubt do not favour any particular political persuasion. I suggest you re-watch without the political bias. Interpret Happyish in black and white and you'll miss the shades of grey in this, and in real life.
Aktham Tashtush
The plot is nice , the whole idea of a man getting old and trying to find happiness in a community of teenagers is really thorough and has many potentials on TV.Watching the character "Thom Payne" made me a bit sad at first like he's 40 something having Insomnia and trying to deal with his kid and assure him that he's not dying soon !!Steve Coogan is really funny,, seems like many shows now a days casting at least one British actor .. i don't really know what that's all about but it kinda works.There were moments of dreamy scenes by "Thom Payne" like the one talking about his body inside the gym or when he talks to the cartoons those were cool."If Sam wants to keep that happiness he's gotta suck some cock, same cocks we do" :D :DIt officially premieres on April 26, 2015 .. until then i wish the show gets More-ish with the comedy bits and less on the the drama even though the balance on the comedy/drama seems right in here but we really need some real comedy :D .. i think Showtime will deal with that............................ Update ..............................So i'm done watching the 2nd and 3rd episodes and honestly, things aren't really going as good as i wanted it to get. the scenes where the animated talking boxes or Geckos appear are getting a bit annoying and out of purpose..................................................................
