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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

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A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.

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Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations.

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7 January 2015 | johnklem
7
| French whimsy with an English touch
I'd decided on the title for this review before I learnt that the source material was a French novel. That explains a great deal. Hector and the... is a deeply felt, funny, moving, insightful and whimsical look at how we (fail to) make the best of life. The film makes its points adroitly, avoiding (sometimes barely but a miss is as good as a mile)maudlin sentimentality. It's liberally sprinkled with perfect one-liners, acute observations and star cameos but the glue that holds the whole thing together is the relationship between Hector and his girlfriend. It's heartrendingly real. The version that I watched was a full ten minutes shorter than the original runtime and I'd guess that the few dots that failed to join up as needed were a result of that USA audience edit. Another guess would lead me to give the full length cut an eight rather than a seven. Here's the deal. It's a feel-good movie for which you won't need a supply of sick bags. By the end, I felt... happier. Really!

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Trivia

Simon Pegg (Hector) and Jean Reno (Diego) were both in the Mission: Impossible film franchise, as part of Tom Cruise's (Ethan Hunt's) spy team. Jean Reno was in Mission: Impossible (1996), and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible lll (2006), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), as well as the upcoming sixth film.

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Hector: Clara!
Clara: Hector... Morning, sweetheart. Time to raise and shine.
Hector: One upon a time, there was a young psychiatrist called Hector, who had a very satisfactory life. His world was tidy, uncomplicated. And he liked it that way. He took great comfort in its...

Goofs

The banner for Hectors welcome back party misspells his name as "Hectar".

Soundtracks

Hector Kidnapped
written & performed by Paul Rabjohns
published by Ringkeed, Inc (BMI)
courtesy of Paul Rabjohns

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Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Details

Release Date:

14 August 2014

Language

English, French, German

Country of Origin

Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA

Filming Locations

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$40,847 (USA) (19 September 2014)

Gross:

$1,121,961 (USA) (12 December 2014)

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