Happy Together

Chris Wooden (Patrick Dempsey) is a college freshman. The computer mistakenly puts him in with Alex Page (Helen Slater). She's a flighty social butterfly and he's trying to emulate a stuffy writer. They don't get along at first. Brian "something with a K" (Brad Pitt) is her boyfriend until the next one. Stan (Dan Schneider) is their wacky neighbor always with his girlfriend mannequin. Ruth Carpenter is their drama teacher.

I have never been a fan of Dempsey. Slater is on and off. She's pretty but I'm not always in love with her characters. Together, they don't have enough chemistry. The dialog isn't good enough to have fun with their relationship. I struggle to get involved with this duo. They are a lot better on paper but they are not in reality. I actually think that it would work if they become friends and it would be more interesting. Her problem is that she hates her flirtatious reputation and her lack of stable relationships. Stan's wackiness isn't particularly funny. Just in case you're wondering, Brad Pitt doesn't do much in this movie.

Have to be honest, it's not the best film I have ever seen, but the film does have it's moments. I have seen Helen Slater act better in other films than this and the storyline is totally unbelievable. The film is basically about a boy meets girls, girls helps boy do better in life, boy and girl get mad with each other etc you get the picture. Bottom line, if you have a couple hours to kill, go ahead and watch it

Patrick Dempsey stars well as teenager actor, reach in stardom on Loverboy and aftermaths made fine comedies, Helen Slater follow the same steps after shinning in The Legend of Billy Jean became an upcoming star by her undeniable beauty, making several movies hereinafter nonetheless both grow up and the magic is done, thus they headed to TV-series for good and which remained together, what a waste.

On auspicious Happy Together that flopped wretchedly due the lack of chemistry over such distinct couple, Dempsey wasn't the heartthrob properly speaking, instead Helen Slater fits in in this beauty standard, thus the skinny boy was miscasting for the role, worst the lame screenplay impose a dull and excentric affair may laying down the epicenter of the failure, a tiresome offer that never gets fire, a weird supporting casting also didn't help to much, whoever wrote it wasn't inspired whatsoever.

Somehow both in short time starting down the hill, end up working on countless shows, it's a pity indeed, Patrick Dempsey should carry on stereotyped character as weak-coward guy that often got in trouble in funny situations, in other hand the gorgeous Helen Slater should be exploited as sexy girl in romantic pictures or mature characters, whatever they made some noise on the eighties and early nineties.

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First watch: 1991 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.5.

This was the midday movie today and I saw Patrick Dempsey's name and I thought "Oh no! Not another 80s teen flick starring Patrick Dempsey!" Then I saw Brad Pitt in the opening scenes and I thought I'd stick around. I'm glad I did because it was quite a sweet movie and well worth a look. Patrick was great, Slater was a bit over the top but that was what the character called for. All in all it was a nice movie that had a lot to say about love and relationships. It falters a little towards the end but overall I really liked it and might even consider seeing it again.

I could be loved by you <3 <3 <3 If you love love, watch this movie! It's adorable!