Frankly I liked the movie simply because it absolutely reinforces the truism that bad parents have bad offspring and three generations of children in this film are used to underscore what so many reviewers have missed in this film. Ellin Barkin is wonderful as the whiny, ineffective, self centered mother of three obviously damaged children--she plays her victim hood to the hilt throughout the movie and is NOT a sympathetic character in any respect but the director and author Sam Levinson does let her off the hook a little by showing us how badly Barkin's parent, specifically her mother, the icy grandma of monsters, played by Ellen Burstyn is the malevolent center of this very dysfunctional family. Burstyn revives her great Nurse Ratchet role in some respects in this movie and it is fun to watch. The children? Well, take a hint, they are the creations of the Barkin character while the mature, happy, and grounded child--the groom, was raised by the father--Thomas Haden's Paul. For those of you that can get past feeling sorry for Lynn and see what the author is offering you in the way of parenting advice, this is a great movie simply because it teaches that parents should be outward looking beings, not self absorbed twits.
Review of Another Happy Day
