Happiness has earned cult-favorite status since its initial release in 1998 and is highly acclaimed by esteemed critics such as Roger Ebert and Janet Maslin. Directed by Todd Solondz, the film features unique performances by an ensemble cast including Dylan Baker, Jane Adams, Jared Harris, and the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Happiness is unavailable to stream online or watch as VOD on any platform in the United States. A number of out-of-print DVD releases can be purchased online but all have inferior video and audio quality. There is a recent Blu-ray release but it is reportedly only a negligible improvement on the DVD release.

Focus Features: please re-release Happiness in high definition (...or even better, facilitate a Criterion release)! Happiness has fantastic potential to succeed as a HD/FHD/4K re-release and there is considerable interest to be more easily accessible to watch—for both current fans and intrigued movie-lovers alike. Please help preserve the legacy of this amazing film by giving a wider audience the opportunity to appreciate it with a modern re-release.

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Rotten Tomatoes synopsis of Happiness:

This dark ensemble-comedy is centered on the three Jordan sisters. Joy (Jane Adams) moves through lackluster jobs with no sense of purpose. Now employed teaching adults, she is dating a student, Russian taxi-driver Vlad (Jared Harris). Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle) is an esteemed poet who becomes amused by her perverted neighbor, Allen (Philip Seymour Hoffman). And eldest sister Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) is married to Bill (Dylan Baker), a psychiatrist with a very disturbing secret life.