Is Hector and the Search for Happiness violent?

Barely. Less violent than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Hector and the Search for Happiness end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 85% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hector and the Search for Happiness scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 84% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hector and the Search for Happiness easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 77% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hector and the Search for Happiness sad?

Not especially. Less sad than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Name: Hector and the Search for Happiness
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy
Released: 2014
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer

Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.

Directed by Peter Chelsom

Produced by Screen Siren Pictures, Egoli Tossell Film

2014114 min6.7 / 10

A warm, playful globe-trotting comedy about a disillusioned psychiatrist seeking the meaning of happiness through travel and human connection.

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

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Questions people ask

Is Hector and the Search for Happiness violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Does Hector and the Search for Happiness end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.
Is Hector and the Search for Happiness scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is Hector and the Search for Happiness easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Is Hector and the Search for Happiness sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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