
Married couple Bernard and Vivian Jaffe operate their own detective agency. They're not ordinary detectives, but existentialist detectives whose clients want them to discover some deeper meaning of life. Their latest client is Albert Markovski, the poetry spouting, bicycle riding founder and director of the Open Spaces Coalition, whose raison d'être is the opposition of suburban sprawl in protecting open spaces. Their latest project is opposition to the construction of a Huc... (Full plot summary below)
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Married couple Bernard and Vivian Jaffe operate their own detective agency. They're not ordinary detectives, but existentialist detectives whose clients want them to discover some deeper meaning of life. Their latest client is Albert Markovski, the poetry spouting, bicycle riding founder and director of the Open Spaces Coalition, whose raison d'être is the opposition of suburban sprawl in protecting open spaces. Their latest project is opposition to the construction of a Huckabees outlet on some suburban marshland, it a big box retailer. Brad Stand, a flashy Huckabees sales executive, is trying to seize control of the coalition to thwart Albert. Albert, who only "stumbled" upon Vivian and Bernard's agency, wants them to discover not anything related to work - in fact, he wants them to stay clear of his work altogether - but the meaning behind his encounters with a young, thin, tall black man, who he's run into in three different, unrelated situations. Regardless of Albert's request, Bernard and Vivian do look into his work in needing to see all aspects of his life, in the process Brad also hiring them in his continued takeover of all things Albert, which affects Brad's beautiful but insecure girlfriend, Dawn Campbell, the voice and image of Huckabee's latest marketing campaign. Bernard and Vivian further believe that both Albert and another of their existing clients, firefighter Tommy Corn, would benefit from being each other's "other". Tommy, whose wife does not understand him, believes all the world's problems are the result of petroleum. Tommy has recently come to an epiphany in reading Caterine Vauban's book he thought was given to him by Bernard and Vivian, but she who is really Bernard and Vivian's rival, a Frenchwoman come to infiltrate their cases. That epiphany, Caterine's theory, is that nothing is coincidental, she using science to back her theory. That epiphany may indeed be the center of what is happening as this collective tries to come to some meaning not only with the issues that brought them to Bernard and Vivian, but of what happens between them.
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| London Evening StandardWill SelfWhile superficially I Heart Huckabees is a deranging experience, it ends up being deeply reassuring. |
| PremiereGlenn KennyThe result is by far the most original comedy of the year. Russell might alienate some audience members here--but it’s possible they literally won't know what they're missing. |
| Film Comment MagazineGavin SmithI ♥ Huckabees is a rarity-a tremendously optimistic film for a truly dark time. |
| Boulder WeeklyThomas DelapaI liked Huckabees, but I can't say that I loved Huckabees. For every screwball scene that kicks, Russell lets another weakly bounce away. |
| Cinematic ReflectionsDerek SmithThe clever, light-hearted manner that the flurry of philosophical inquiries are tossed our way kept a smile on my face and gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomI (Heart) Huckabees is an original, interesting, sometimes frustrating feature; a movie that at times you have no idea what you are watching . . . |
| The Tyee (British Columbia)Dorothy WoodendYou don't get many clear answers from this film and maybe that's for the better. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseRussell exhibits a sure hand with his subject matter, from Camus' absurdism to Buddhism's unity of the universe, to his dogged optimism about it all |
| Blunt ReviewEmily BluntI Heart Huckabees is a multi-layered existential mind trip...The eclectic ensemble cast is nothing short of radiant as they dance in the words |
| Hollywood.comKit Bowenwhile belly laughing and scratching your head at the same time, Huckabees will wash over you in the sweetest way, leaving you wholly satisfied with the outcome. |