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Happy End

Happy End

Drama · Romance · 1999

When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.

Movie details

Happy End

“She had another man.”

1999 Drama · Romance 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.7 / 10

2.5K votes

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Happy End?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jung Ji-woo

Written by

Jung Ji-woo

Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon

Choi Bo-ra

Choi Min-sik

Choi Min-sik

Seo Min-ki

Ju Jin-mo

Ju Jin-mo

Kim Il-beom

H

Hwang Mi-sun

Lee Mi-young

Joo Hyun

Joo Hyun

Bookstore Owner

Kim Beong-choun

Kim Beong-choun

Detective

Yoo Yeon-soo

Yoo Yeon-soo

Mustache Detective

Court is in session

Put Happy End on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.