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Happy Family

2006·Movie
1h 23min

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Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs...
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Is Happy Family worth watching?

55
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Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 56/100 (IMDb 5.5). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

How long is Happy Family?

1 h 23 min

Happy Family runs 1 h 23 min.

Was Happy Family a box office hit?

Budget$800,000
Box office$966,214

Roughly broke even. It cost about $800,000 to make and earned $966,214 worldwide, 1.2 times its budget.

What language is Happy Family in?

Dutch

It was made in Dutch. Produced in Netherlands.

What tropes does Happy Family use?

Gratuitous EnglishPie-EyedCompany Cross-ReferencesSlice of LifeAbstract EaterNew Season, New NameLiteral CliffhangerArt EvolutionPie in the FaceHoliday EpisodeDancing ThemeThe Song Remains the Sameand 3 more

TV Tropes lists 15 storytelling tropes for Happy Family, including Gratuitous English, Pie-Eyed, Company Cross-References.