
In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents' home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.... (Full plot summary below)
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In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents' home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.
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| The PlaylistAndrew CrumpWe’re left with a prickly kind of harmony that blends mundanity with profundity. There’s no more perfect a note for a film as intelligent, compassionate, and complex as “My Happy Family” to end on than that. |
| Village VoiceBilge EbiriThere isn’t a single second that doesn’t ring as achingly true. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmMany of the year’s best films feature female protagonists who are resolved to live on their own terms, and My Happy Family ranks right alongside them. |
| IndiewireEric KohnIt’s at once a celebration of individuality and its potential to unnerve those who resist it. |
| Slant MagazineDerek SmithIt casually lays out the domestic space where the story’s events takes place with acutely detailed cultural specificity. |
| Screen InternationalLee MarshallSlow-paced but always absorbing, the film features a magnetic central performance by Ia Shugliashvili as one of the strongest, most quietly heroic introverts we’ve seen on screen in a while. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerIt’s a simple, somewhat mundane scenario that, in the hands of a terrific cast and two talented filmmakers, is transformed into a minor Greek comic-tragedy, with one fearless woman trying to stave off loved ones who smother her with guilt and affection. |
| CineVuePatrick GambleA low-key yet complex family drama, My Happy Family is a quietly devastating portrait of what it means to be a woman in a man's world. |
| The Film StageBrian RoanWith a remarkable fullness of understanding, it tells a deeply personal story while revealing essential human truths, all without ever feeling constructed or false. |
| VarietyAlissa SimonProviding certain vivid detail but rather lacking in vitality, Ekvtimishvili’s screenplay is stronger on sociology than drama. |