Happy Valley

Name: Happy Valley
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-04-29
Rating: 5.5

Documentary13m

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89%

Tomatometer

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70%

Popcornmeter

5.5

TMDB

Storyline

In Hong Kong, echoes of resistance and turmoil are sensitively captured on 16mm in this poetic rumination of public spaces and everyday life in a metropolis in upheaval.

Details

DirectorSimon Liu

ReleasedApr 29, 2021

StatusReleased

Original language

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Sober, even-handed, and quietly devastating, Happy Valley illuminates the wreckage of a tragedy while leaving viewers room to draw their own conclusions.”

89% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

David Lewis

RTSan Francisco ChronicleDec 4, 2014

It's not a groundbreaking thesis, but we still get a fascinating tour of a town that may never be the same again.

Michael Phillips

RTChicago TribuneNov 27, 2014

The film could've benefited from another 15 or 20 minutes of detail and nuance. What's there, though, is strong, thoughtful and disturbing.

David Edelstein

RTNew York Magazine/VultureNov 21, 2014

Here it is, folks, in your face. Will you look or return to your own private Happy Valley?

Bob Strauss

RTLos Angeles Daily NewsFeb 3, 2015

Bar-Lev's cameras prowl the streets of State College, Penn. to not only expose the details of the crimes, but uncover a hero-worshiping, sometimes ferociously self-justifying, culture.