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Happy Face Murders (1999)
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
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Overview
An eccentric older woman implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young girl. Absorbed with “Murder She Wrote” and “Matlock”, she creates details of the murder from clues she picks up from the detectives on the case. Implicating herself and sentenced to jail, she then recants her testimony. But no one believes her until clues surface from the real killer that he is still out there, has killed before, and will kill again. He signs his messages with Happy Faces.
Rated R | Length 98 minutes
Actors
Ann-Margret | Marg Helgenberger | Henry Thomas | Nicholas Campbell | Rick Peters | David McIlwraith | Bruce Gray | J.C. MacKenzie | Emily Hampshire | Mif | Christina Collins | Sean Dick | Lynne Deragon | Raoul Bhaneja | Katya Gardner | James Downing | Carole Mackereth | Sarain Boylan | Jackie Richardson | Marcia Bennett | Vickie Papavs | Len Doncheff | Richard Blackburn | Sonia Dhillon Tully
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/11/2010 | TV | DVD | Borrowed | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
3AM and the final BTSNAT2 film was prepared, a Brian Trenchard-Smith movie, of course. Brian Kelley had a few gems but the one he decided on was Happy Face Murders (1999), a movie produced for Showtime that stars Marg Helgenberger, Henry Thomas, and Ann-Margret as a wacky old lady who watches Matlock all day.
While most of our crowd fell asleep during this largely slowburn cop procedural I kinda dug it as a CSI-prequel. Has many of the same elements and I wouldn’t be surprised if this flick somehow influenced the genesis of that series which went on-air during the following year with Helgenberger as one of the leads. Not a bad watch at all with a few recognizable BTS touches.
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