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What a profoundly weird movie this is. On the surface of it, Hector and the Search for Happiness seems as though it should be a lark, a feel-good movie about a psychiatrist (a violently earnest Simon Pegg) who goes in search of happiness by asking people what makes them happy. But in practice, Hector gets pretty dark, with violence, cussing, and just a skosh of torture. Edge isn't a bad thing in comedy, of course, but the darkness Hector addresses only adds to the film's offhanded, bipolar energy…

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