If you loved Welcome to the Dollhouse, try Happiness

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Todd Solondz, and they both carry the pitch black mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Welcome to the Dollhouse, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Happiness is

Suburban New Jersey, autumn, a lonely dial tone. A family's facade cracks, a sister's obsession festers, a father's secrets simmer. Solondz finds humor in the unlikable.

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