A poet who starts a health-conscious food stand finds support from his friends, as well as a potential love match with one of his customers. But will unexpected complications jeopardize his dreams of a hot dog-free future?... (Full plot summary below)
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A poet who starts a health-conscious food stand finds support from his friends, as well as a potential love match with one of his customers. But will unexpected complications jeopardize his dreams of a hot dog-free future?
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| Cinema SightWesley LovellIf you can swallow the contrived ending, the main course is completely satisfying. |
| Village VoiceMichelle OrangeOff-handed and yet quite artfully observed, The Happy Poet's winsome deadpan offsets its skewering of class and sustainability issues, right through to a tricky ending that, like Bill himself, may not be what it seems. |
| Sly FoxKam WilliamsA male variation on Lena Dunham, a meandering, Mumblecore meditation on relationships by a guy with a masters degree and a meatless food stand. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanIt's hardly slick, but that's the selling point. The Happy Poet approaches the ups and downs of friendship, love, work and life with a disposition that is both sardonic and sunny. |
| Slant MagazineJesse CataldoLike its sad-sack main character, whose closed-off personality makes him hard to fully understand or sympathize with, The Happy Poet is too reservedly rough around the edges. |
| The New York TimesMike HaleThe consistent comic tone of those earlier scenes - a gentle squirm - makes The Happy Poet a promising debut. |
| WBAI RadioPrairie MillerA cutting edge social satire about vegetarian pushcart power. And how work, or the lack of it, informs our lives. Along with the struggle to survive in hard times, while serving up poetic revenge subversion of the Hollywood happy ending with relish. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibBoth subscribes to and somewhat departs from the bare-bones improvisational formula established by the mumblecore movement, sometimes sacrificing ambiguity for the sake of broader, telegraphed, one-note laughs. |
| User ReviewSofia BLoved it. Says a lot about running a small business. And life. |
| User ReviewEnglebert LI don't watch many independent films, but "The Happy Poet" was a pleasant surprise. It's a funny movie worth watching. |
