Comedy following Hector (Simon Pegg), a psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. Telling his girlfriend, Clara...
Comedy following Hector (Simon Pegg), a psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. Telling his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), he feels like a fraud, he 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. Based on the bestseller by French novelist François Lelord.
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38 %87 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
61 %8,231 reviewsAudience score rating
"Happiness means steering clear of Hector and the Search for Happiness."
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Variety
Variety"Simon Pegg plays the world’s most unconvincing psychiatrist in this fluffy, irritating Brit comedy."
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Time Out
Time Out"This smug and cod-philosophical film features Simon Pegg in his worst role to date."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Keep looking, folks."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The film aims for twee, but lands on torturous."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"Despite the gusto its star brings to the role, it's hard to ride shotgun on Hector's voyage of discovery."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineHector and the Search for Happiness | Details
- Rating
- M, Mature themes, violence and coarse language
- Runtime
- 119
- Genre
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- Germany, Canada
