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Happiness for Beginners

Helen signs up for a wilderness survival course, a year after getting divorced. She discovers through this experience that sometimes, you have to get really lost in order to find yourself.

Director

Vicky Wight

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Cranetown Media,Synthetic Cinema International

Awards

1 win

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81418617

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Helen

Jake

Hugh

Gigi

Beckett

Windy

Shayvawn Webster

Sue

Kaylee

Mason

Duncan

Mike

Aaron Roman Weiner

Lulu

Ricky

Nathan

Camp Counselor

Wedding Guest

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Oh, yeah. Sorry, sorry, sorry
about last night. Coffee? - Happiness for Beginners

Oh, yeah. Sorry, sorry, sorry about last night. Coffee?

You ready to get into the great wide open,
paint with all the colors of the wind? - Happiness for Beginners

You ready to get into the great wide open, paint with all th...

You know, if you see a bear,
I've seen all these bear documentaries. - Happiness for Beginners

You know, if you see a bear, I've seen all these bear d...

Okay, this is...
This is like a serial killer. - Happiness for Beginners

Okay, this is... This is like a serial killer.

Do something right, and I will stop
giving you a hard time. Okay? - Happiness for Beginners

Do something right, and I will stop giving you a hard time. ...

You know, I do things right.
I'm an adult. I'm a grown man. - Happiness for Beginners

You know, I do things right. I'm an adult. I'm a g...

♪...out there ♪ - Happiness for Beginners

♪...out there ♪

I'm at book club, back soon. - Happiness for Beginners

I'm at book club, back soon.

♪ Beautiful dreamer ♪ - Happiness for Beginners

♪ Beautiful dreamer ♪

Well, you gotta look closer,
at the big picture. - Happiness for Beginners

Well, you gotta look closer, at the big picture.

No. You're here, so you're better. - Happiness for Beginners

No. You're here, so you're better.

Yep. Everything is signed,
sealed and delivered. - Happiness for Beginners

Yep. Everything is signed, sealed and delivered.

And I haven't seen him in over a year, but - Happiness for Beginners

And I haven't seen him in over a year, but

Your grandfather died. He didn't give me
the option of divorce, the jerk. - Happiness for Beginners

Your grandfather died. He didn't give me the option of ...

But you're still gonna - Happiness for Beginners

But you're still gonna

Last time you and I tried to make s'mores
I nearly burned down the house. - Happiness for Beginners

Last time you and I tried to make s'mores I nearly burn...

♪ If you could just see
That we could break free ♪ - Happiness for Beginners

♪ If you could just see That we could break free ♪

- Hi, Mike.
- Helen, hi. - Happiness for Beginners

- Hi, Mike. - Helen, hi.

I have a seatbelt, I'm in a car.
I'm going on a hiking trip. - Happiness for Beginners

I have a seatbelt, I'm in a car. I'm going on a hi...

Cool, that sounds fun. - Happiness for Beginners

Cool, that sounds fun.

And-and I feel like now,
I know how to be married. - Happiness for Beginners

And-and I feel like now, I know how to be married.

I gotta get off the phone. I'll call you
when I'm back from my trip, okay? - Happiness for Beginners

I gotta get off the phone. I'll call you when I'm ...

Okay, be care... - Happiness for Beginners

Okay, be care...

Oh, that's in, um, room number 16.
You want that one? - Happiness for Beginners

Oh, that's in, um, room number 16. You want that one?

It's a bunch
of disgusting young people - Happiness for Beginners

It's a bunch of disgusting young people

He is. Well, I'm off to find my bed
in this motel. - Happiness for Beginners

He is. Well, I'm off to find my bed in this motel.

This is such a horrible experience
already, right? - Happiness for Beginners

This is such a horrible experience already, right?

Oh! Don't get murdered tonight, Helen.
We've gotta start tomorrow. - Happiness for Beginners

Oh! Don't get murdered tonight, Helen. We've gotta...

Yeah, I like, like, uh,
spooky season kind of stuff, - Happiness for Beginners

Yeah, I like, like, uh, spooky season kind of stuff,

I actually had mono in the room
that you're staying in, right here. - Happiness for Beginners

I actually had mono in the room that you're staying in,...

Yeah, 7 p.m., karaoke
in the conference room. I'm the MC. - Happiness for Beginners

Yeah, 7 p.m., karaoke in the conference room. I'm the M...

All right, everyone,
get ready for the adventure - Happiness for Beginners

All right, everyone, get ready for the adventure

My name is Beckett, and I will be
your hiking guide and instructor. - Happiness for Beginners

My name is Beckett, and I will be your hiking guide and inst...

If you take a look behind me,
you will see the map of our route. - Happiness for Beginners

If you take a look behind me, you will see the map of our ro...

We'll be working our way
through some of Connecticut's 51 miles - Happiness for Beginners

We'll be working our way through some of Connecticut�...

All right, on our hike,
we're going to recreate responsibly. - Happiness for Beginners

All right, on our hike, we're going to recreate respons...

You can see the principles here,
they include leave no trace, - Happiness for Beginners

You can see the principles here, they include leave no trace...

We'll start an hour from here, and end
at my favorite spot, the Painted Meadow. - Happiness for Beginners

We'll start an hour from here, and end at my favorite s...

Before we really dig in, we're gonna
go around the room very quickly, - Happiness for Beginners

Before we really dig in, we're gonna go around the room...

Remember, these people here are your team. - Happiness for Beginners

Remember, these people here are your team.

Hi, I'm Windy. Not Wendy,
Windy with an "I". - Happiness for Beginners

Hi, I'm Windy. Not Wendy, Windy with an "I".

I'm 28. I just finished my master's, - Happiness for Beginners

I'm 28. I just finished my master's,

And also, my older brother took the course
last year and said it was amazing. - Happiness for Beginners

And also, my older brother took the course last year and sai...

He broke his leg,
but I just feel like that was his fault. - Happiness for Beginners

He broke his leg, but I just feel like that was his fault.

I am... ...years old. - Happiness for Beginners

I am... ...years old.

She knows what I'm talking about.
Um, I'm an aspiring actor. - Happiness for Beginners

She knows what I'm talking about. Um, I'm an aspir...

So, I love, love, love a challenge,
but I hate, hate, hate frustration. - Happiness for Beginners

So, I love, love, love a challenge, but I hate, hate, hate f...

So, I just want to luxuriate
in pain and frustration, really. - Happiness for Beginners

So, I just want to luxuriate in pain and frustration, really...

Commodities trader, living that, uh,
trader lifestyle, you know what I mean? - Happiness for Beginners

Commodities trader, living that, uh, trader lifestyle, you k...

So I'm just here
just to keep in practice, you know? - Happiness for Beginners

So I'm just here just to keep in practice, you know?

Anybody have any questions,
just, I'm an open book. - Happiness for Beginners

Anybody have any questions, just, I'm an open book.

Okay. Well, my first question is,
how old are you? - Happiness for Beginners

Okay. Well, my first question is, how old are you?

My name is Helen
and I'm an English teacher. - Happiness for Beginners

My name is Helen and I'm an English teacher.

I live in Pittsburgh, - Happiness for Beginners

I live in Pittsburgh,

There was some infidelity - Happiness for Beginners

There was some infidelity

You know, it clings to you,
it kind of lingers with you, so... - Happiness for Beginners

You know, it clings to you, it kind of lingers with you, so....

Yeah, you don't realize it,
but life really takes a toll. - Happiness for Beginners

Yeah, you don't realize it, but life really takes a tol...

I had a miscarriage,
uh, long before we even got separated, - Happiness for Beginners

I had a miscarriage, uh, long before we even got separated,

And so I am here - Happiness for Beginners

And so I am here

But I think by saying it out loud
that I am going to mean it. - Happiness for Beginners

But I think by saying it out loud that I am going to mean it...

I was a medical professional, - Happiness for Beginners

I was a medical professional,

And I guess I'm out here for, uh, - Happiness for Beginners

And I guess I'm out here for, uh,

Sometimes, uh, life takes a toll, - Happiness for Beginners

Sometimes, uh, life takes a toll,

So I guess that's why I'm here,
to fight back. - Happiness for Beginners

So I guess that's why I'm here, to fight back.

Hi, I'm Sue, - Happiness for Beginners

And trust me, it's not gonna be easy, - Happiness for Beginners

And trust me, it's not gonna be easy,

But I think I'm gonna
start my vow right now. - Happiness for Beginners

But I think I'm gonna start my vow right now.

I'm Kaylee.
Um, I'm here to face my fear of wood. - Happiness for Beginners

I'm Kaylee. Um, I'm here to face my fear of wood.

When I was eight years old,
my dad built us a log cabin. - Happiness for Beginners

When I was eight years old, my dad built us a log cabin.

He didn't do any waterproofing, so, uh,
it was uncomfortable, to say the least. - Happiness for Beginners

He didn't do any waterproofing, so, uh, it was uncomfor...

When it rained, it was like being buried
in a dark, wooden coffin. - Happiness for Beginners

When it rained, it was like being buried in a dark, wooden c...

Ooh. Hey, are your, uh, shoes brand new? Didn't you get...

Okay, people,
we will rise with the sun - Happiness for Beginners

Okay, people, we will rise with the sun

You should've gotten
your hiking boots a few weeks ago - Happiness for Beginners

You should've gotten your hiking boots a few weeks ago

You will hate everyone around you, - Happiness for Beginners

You will hate everyone around you,

That's what happens with dehydrated food.
This is not hiking for beginners. - Happiness for Beginners

That's what happens with dehydrated food. This is not h...

Well, it's actually listed as hiking
for beginners in the catalog, right? - Happiness for Beginners

Well, it's actually listed as hiking for beginners in t...

No deodorant. If you bring it,
I will make you eat it, all right? - Happiness for Beginners

No deodorant. If you bring it, I will make you eat it, all r...

Okay, that's it. You can bring
one notebook to serve as a journal - Happiness for Beginners

Okay, that's it. You can bring one notebook to serve as...

Just like a bird
or an animal of the forest, - Happiness for Beginners

Just like a bird or an animal of the forest,

Finally, at the end
of our hiking experience - Happiness for Beginners

Finally, at the end of our hiking experience

Finish up with supplies here in the next
hour, load your packs immediately, - Happiness for Beginners

Finish up with supplies here in the next hour, load your pac...

- Make sure you have everything.
- A buck 20, easy. - Happiness for Beginners

- Make sure you have everything. - A buck 20, easy.

Look, I signed up for this trip ages ago,
okay? You're stuck with me. - Happiness for Beginners

Look, I signed up for this trip ages ago, okay? You're ...

Done. I'm not gonna talk to you,
and I definitely won't look at you. - Happiness for Beginners

Done. I'm not gonna talk to you, and I definitely won&#...

Hey, Beckett, you know, - Happiness for Beginners

Hey, Beckett, you know,

Okay. Uh, it's just that, uh, I still feel
a tad under-educated for a beginner hiker. - Happiness for Beginners

Okay. Uh, it's just that, uh, I still feel a tad under-...

I don't understand why there's no coffee.
I'm homicidal without it. Ugh. - Happiness for Beginners

I don't understand why there's no coffee. I'm...

Like this is so terrible and it's gonna be
so much harder than we think it is. - Happiness for Beginners

Like this is so terrible and it's gonna be so much hard...

I tend to do that. I know it's a thing.
I'm trying to stop it. - Happiness for Beginners

I tend to do that. I know it's a thing. I'm trying...

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Helen signs up for a wilderness survival course, a year after getting divorced. She discovers through this experience that sometimes, you have to get really lost in order to find yourself.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Vicky Wight

Writer: Vicky Wight, Katherine Center

Production: Cranetown Media,Synthetic Cinema International

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 Jul 2023

Awards: 1 win

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81418617

Also watch: The Fuller Brush Girl, Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case, Unknown: Killer Robots, This Little Love of Mine, That's Amor, The Taming of the Shrewd, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Penthouse North, Seberg, Make Me Believe, Puppy Love, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, Toscana, The Forgiven, The Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas Chalice