87
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyHappy Hour, a work of distinctly modern cinema, reaches deep into the classic traditions of melodrama—along with its coincidences and its violent contrasts—to revive a latent power for grand-scale observation through painfully close contact with the agonizing intimacies of contemporary life.
- 90Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonFunny (sometimes caustically so), rueful, and bracingly honest, Happy Hour is also a movie defined by an unshakeable belief that any encounter holds the promise of magic.
- 88Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundHamaguchi arranges most sequences around a handful of static, roomy medium shots that subtly suggest emotional dynamics through camera and actor positioning.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergIf Happy Hour doesn’t quite deliver all it promises, that may only be because it promises quite a lot.