
Happiness(1998)
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.


“How would you protect someone from their first love?”
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

Adam Scott
Caleb Sinclaire

Brittany Snow
Emma Gainsborough

Alex Frost
Peter Sinclaire

J.K. Simmons
Donald Sinclaire
Vittorio Brahm
J.T.

Bill Buell
Rocky

Alysia Reiner
Samantha
Kate Krieger
Molly

Jordan Reid
Hannah
The Vicious Kind is a comedy, drama film released in 2009 exploring themes of adultery, virgin, infidelity, small town, naivety, prostitute. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger, it stars Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost. A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
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