Hector and the Search for Happiness
Seen it?2014 | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Comedy
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, a box office flop and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and adventure fans. If you loved A Real Pain or Bottle Rocket, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 54 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
38% on Rotten Tomatoes, 29 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$15 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Peter Chelsom
- Simon PeggHector
- Rosamund PikeClara
- Toni ColletteAgnes
- Stellan SkarsgårdEdward
- Christopher PlummerProfessor Coreman
- Jean RenoDiego Baresco
- Barry AtsmaMichael
- Veronica FerresAnjali
- Ming ZhaoYing Li
- Tracy-Ann ObermanPathetic Jane