- Format: NTSC
- Language: English
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Alliance Films
- Release Date: Jun 21 2005
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000065K2V
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,534 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Three prisoners on a chain gang find themselves on the loose when their prison van overturns to avoid hitting an armadillo. Two of them--Jeremy Northam (An Ideal Husband, The Winslow Boy) and Steve Zahn (Out of Sight, That Thing You Do!)--steal an RV that turns out to belong to two junior-beauty-pageant promoters on their way to organize a pageant in Happy, Texas. When Northam and Zahn find themselves stuck in Happy, their only option is to follow through with their masquerade and put on the pageant. Unfortunately, the promoters are known to be gay, which complicates matters when both men find themselves attracted to local women--Illeana Douglas (Grace of My Heart, Cape Fear) and Ally Walker (While You Were Sleeping, TV's Profiler). The cast is uniformly entertaining, but it's William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasantville) who really steals the show as the town sheriff with a secret of his own. Happy, Texas was an audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival but didn't do as well in wide release, probably because viewers expected a nonstop farce. But though the movie is a comedy, and a very funny one, its humor springs more from nuances of character than broad wackiness. The situations are a little predictable, but the performers--especially Macy--give it zest and genuine feeling. --Bret Fetzer
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Happy Texas,
By A Customer
This review is from: "Happy, Texas (Widescreen) " (DVD)
Laughed out loud,especially Steve Zahn, and the sheriff is actually heartwarmingly funny yet poignant.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Happy , Texas,
By A Customer
This review is from: "Happy, Texas (Widescreen) " (DVD)
Hilarious, you can't stop the laughs from erupting. Great movie for when you need a pick me up. I have yet to see a movie with Steve in it that he didn't improve the whole movie or carried the cast, with the exception of when he is playing opposite Jack Black.Worth every penny.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Behavior,
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This review is from: "Happy, Texas (Widescreen) " (DVD)
Hollywood can't resist making rural southern folks, Texans, appear dumb, religious, and oversexed. The Cohn brothers did a better job with Raising Arizona, but I'll give enough praise here to recommend a daft copy. Steve Zahn certainly has mastered the prison-bird-dysfunctional. He barely can express himself in southern drawl so thick, 'how ya doin' sounds like 'hdauon.' Zahn and Jeremy Northam take the identities of two beauty pageant twits and set up shop in Happy, Texas. William H. Macy as the local sheriff is fascinating, brilliant, again. He's a lawman and he's in love with Northam, a 'homoasexual.' Naturally, the in fact straight Northam falls for the blonde clerk of the local bank while Zahn teaches little girls how to win a beauty contest. Zahn finds new sensitivities in dance, song, and Junior Misses. Then the bank robbery goes wrong. Don't worry; they'll be out in 22 months for good behavior. A little slow, but nice try.
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