Director
Mak Chi Ho
Cast
Ranya Lee,
David Ng Chi Hang,
Bowie Chan Wing-Wai,
Chow Han-Yan,
Lee King Kau,
Shing Kwan Jam,
Cheung Lok-Yin,
Philip Chan Yiu Cho
Genre
Romance,
Music
Two lonely souls meet in a bar on an ordinary night. United by a familiar-looking lighter and a familiar tune, they seem to have known each other long ago. Tung is a singer-songwriter who barely makes his living while Niki is just out of a relationship. They meet in a bar and a feeling of déjà vu hits them. Later into the night, they bump into each other again at the laundry store. The lighter and melody light up the chemistry between them. Two strangers open their hearts and share their magical, intimate feelings for each other as smoke slowly rises upwards.
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Film Threat by Alan Ng
In the end, the story of the show Ren & Stimpy is a fascinating one, especially for fans and anyone who wants to push boundaries in Hollywood. It also doesn’t make a hero out of John Kricfalusi, who still desires admiration and sympathy.
Variety by Dennis Harvey
A very entertaining recap that grows more disturbing as it wades into the dysfunctional behavior that doomed the show.
The A.V. Club by A.A. Dowd
When the movie does turn to the predatory behavior, it mostly feels like an aside; one gets the distinct impression that the filmmakers had to scramble to insert some uncomfortable new material into their otherwise completed documentary.
TheWrap by William Bibbiani
For documentary fans, it’s a haphazardly paced and awkwardly structured film that struggles to organically incorporate each facet of the tragic “Ren & Stimpy” story, ultimately giving too short a shrift to the greatest tragedy of all.
The Hollywood Reporter by Daniel Fienberg
I spent the first hour of Happy Happy Joy Joy guiltily feeling like I needed a rewatch of Ren & Stimpy — it's an important series and there's no pretending otherwise — and the next 35 minutes feeling dirty about the whole thing and the last 10 minutes getting actively angry about how the entire story had been framed and reduced to "difficult genius" cliches.
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