Film Review | Hector and the Search for Happiness

★★½☆☆

Just last year audiences were treated to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which saw Ben Stiller undertake a world-traversing voyage to understand the meaning of life. This time it’s Simon Pegg trying to get in touch with his happy-self in Hector and the Search for Happiness. Based on French psychiatrist François Lelord’s best-selling novel of the same name, and directed by Peter Chelsom, Simon Pegg plays our dissatisfied protagonist Hector; a quirky psychiatrist who realises his methods aren’t helping his patients, and so embarks on a trip around the world in a bid to discover the secret of happiness.

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September 20, 2014 | Categories: Film Reviews | Tags: christopher plummer, hector and the search for happiness, peter chelsom, Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, stellan skarsgård, Toni Collette | Leave a comment