Directed By:Mark Illsley
Written By:Ed Stone, Mark Illsley, Phil Reeves
Happy, Texas
Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
65% Positive
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100
Anybody with a soft spot for fakers, who either identifies with them or just admires their chutzpah, is going to get a kick out of Happy, Texas.
80
So full of winning performances and so disarmingly uncynical in its affection for its characters, it manages to leave you with a Texas-size grin on your face anyway.
75
The performances are first-rate, with the always inventive Macy a standout as the hopeful, tormented Chappy, and Zahn a scream as the lovably imbecilic Wayne.
70
Steve Zahn shines throughout Mark Illsley's feature debut, Happy, Texas, elevating this eccentric small-town comedy a notch or two above its level of writing.
60
A wonderful premise that delivers solid laughs and has a heart as big as the state in which this farce unfolds.
50
If we had a story we could believe, we'd be in stitches.
20
Screwball mistaken-identity crapfest...it's just utterly plain, a confection so bland you don't even care that it doesn't really make any sense at the end.
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Production Company:
- Marked Entertainment
- Miramax
Release Date:Oct 1, 1999
Duration:1 h 38 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.
Awards
Satellite Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
