My Happy Ending (film)

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My Happy Ending
Directed bySharon Maymon
Tal Granit
Based onSof Tov
by Anat Gov
Produced byTalia Kleinhendler
Osnat Handelsman-Keren
Starring Andie MacDowell
Distributed by Roadside Attractions
Release date
  • February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
CountriesIsrael
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$59,329 [1] [2]

My Happy Ending is a 2023 Israeli-British comedy-drama film directed by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit and starring Andie MacDowell. It is based on the play Sof Tov by Anat Gov. [3] [4]

Contents

Cast

Production

Filming wrapped in Wales in November 2021. [5]

Release

In January 2023, it was announced that Roadside Attractions acquired North American distribution rights to the film which was released in the United States on February 24, 2023. [6] [7] The film was released on DVD on April 5, 2023. [8]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 40% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.7/10. [9]

Katie Rife of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one and a half stars and wrote that it "can’t even do a tearjerker right." [10]

Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But the labored screen adaptation shows regrettably few signs of personal fire, and many signs of a work that has been sapped of the intimacy of live theater." [11]

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