2015 · drama
Happy Hour (2015)
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi5h 17m2015
Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
Our read: Happy Hour (2015) (2015) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- signature
- intimate
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