The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders

  • Director: Brian Henson
  • Writer: Todd Berger,Dee Austin Robertson
  • Countries of origin: United States, China, Canada
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 24, 2018
  • Sound mix: DTS, SDDS, Dolby Atmos
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Іграшки для дорослих
  • "The Happytime Murders" is a crime comedy released by STX Entertainment, directed by Brian Hansen and co-starring Ryan Tran and Melissa McCarthy . The film was released in the United States on August 24, 2018.
    Set in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of when humans and puppets coexist peacefully, the once-popular puppet show "Happy Time Gang" lead actors were victimized one after another, so Phil and Connie joined forces to investigate the murder   .

    Details

    • Release date August 24, 2018
    • Filming locations Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies STX Entertainment, Huayi Brothers Media, Black Bear Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $40,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $20,706,452

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $9,532,425

    Gross worldwide

    $27,506,452

    Movie reviews

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    • By Marcelina 2022-10-04 20:08:37

      My happy hour

      Huayi Brothers, you invest in R-rated movies, do investors know?
      So, did you spit out Beijing unscrupulously?
    • By Susanna 2022-10-04 10:37:31

      [C+ Film Review] Happy Hour Murder: Who Framed Comedy Movies

      As mainstream commercial movies increasingly accommodate and prefer comedy content, this has brought unprecedented opportunities and challenges to mainstream comedies: on the one hand, comedians no longer need to chase performance awards as they did in the past. The recognition of the company can also obtain a wider range of even international visibility in the market. Paul Rudd from the "Bad Boy Gang" and Christine Wegg from "SNL", such a pure comedian, can have the opportunity to join or...

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    • By Annabelle 2023-09-10 03:46:21

      Huayi Brothers ordered takeout and wanted to be Warner Bros. Who framed Roger the...

    • By Elissa 2023-08-22 23:25:36

      It's a good idea to take a puppet as a real person. You can be violent without feeling embarrassed, but because it's a puppet, you don't have a sense of being in the play when you watch it. A rag...

    • By Turner 2023-08-22 09:04:20

      It is also a puppet category. This is much more exciting than "Muppets Most Wanted". At least the plot is compact. If it is viewed as a comedy, the laughs are not very dense, but it is obviously not just a comedy. The puppet is compared to a minority group. It is already obvious that the story is not complicated, the puppets are no longer blindly acting as idiots, and the episodes used are more familiar and...

    • By Elenora 2023-08-22 07:43:34

      The funniest line (there is none) is that the heroine said It's like Beijing in the spring 23333 Melissa lost a lot of weight when she smoked in the car! That puppet cum is simply...

    • By Keyon 2023-08-17 09:30:25

      The use of puppets to imply racial issues is also a no-brainer. The idea itself is really good, but I don’t know whether to have the idea or the puppet resource first. What makes people sad is that the type of plot is not well done. There are big beats, but staying at the level of jokes and sarcasm, it can be done more interestingly. Later, I thought it was probably limited by the...

    Movie plot

    Humans and puppets have always coexisted peacefully, and apart from their different appearances, there is almost no difference. Human beings occupy a large amount of social resources and almost monopolize all the jobs that have social status. Muppets can only do the remaining jobs that humans choose, or do some illegal and criminal activities. Occasionally one or two puppets soaring into the sky can also enjoy the resources occupied by...
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    Box office revenue

    The film was released in advance in more than 2500 theaters in North America on the evening of August 23 (Thursday), and it earned 950,000 US dollars that night. The early box office was slightly better than Melissa McCarthy's " Life of the Party " released on May 11 ( 700,000 U.S. dollars). On August 24 (Friday), it was expanded to 3,256 theaters, and the first day of the show was $3.9 million in advance, which was far worse than the...
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    Evaluation action

    Although "The Happytime Murders" is the shortest theatrical movie in 2018 (75 minutes excluding the ending credit), it still feels too long to the audience. This may be because the storyline of the film is extremely absurd and meaningless. (ReelViews review)
    The film’s storyline is more interesting, and the structure is very similar to the 1988 movie " Who Framed Roger Rabbit ". If the director can learn more from that film instead of...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dominatrix Dalmatian: I'm gonna piss on you like a fire hydrant

    • Connie Edwards: You better get checked 'cause that shit tasted like salt.

    • [on his friends, two siblings who inbred and had deformed children]

      Detective Connie Edwards: This is why you don't go fishing in your own gene pool!