HAPPY TEARS: SAD MOVIE

I really wanted to like this movie. Demi Moore (Laura) and Parker Posey (Jayne) are both competent and potentially wonderful actresses when given the right roles. However, the roles weren't so bad as the script on the whole. An ailing father and two adult sisters, both very different, return to care for them the best they can. It turned out to be a maudlin, crazy ride of a film; fantasy sequences that add more confusion than anything. The high point for me was watching the few minutes of Ellen Barkin as a hot mess of a crack whore. Overall, I found this movie depressing without any good payoff at the end, despite all its efforts.