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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

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

  • Aug 14, 2014
  • 1h 54m
  • R

6.7/10

TMDB user score
1,005 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Hector and the Search for Happiness is a 2014 adventure and drama film directed by Peter Chelsom. Its leading cast includes Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike and Toni Collette. It runs for 1 hour 54 minutes.

Synopsis

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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Before You Pick

Time needed
1 hour 54 minutes
Age rating (US)
R
Language
English
Audience signal
6.7/10 from 1,005 TMDB votes

Trailer

Hector and the Search For Happiness Official US Release Trailer #1 (2014) - Simon Pegg Mov · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • Simon Pegg Hector
  • Rosamund Pike Clara
  • Toni Collette Agnes
  • Stellan Skarsgård Edward
  • Christopher Plummer Professor Coreman
  • Jean Reno Diego Baresco
  • Barry Atsma Michael
  • Veronica Ferres Anjali
  • Ming Zhao Ying Li
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman Pathetic Jane
  • Chad Willett Alan
  • Togo Igawa Old Monk
  • Mary Twala Grim Granny
  • Bernard Cuffling Professor Niedorf
  • Jakob Davies Young Hector
  • Chris Gauthier Roger
  • Dean Paul Gibson Joyless Husband
  • Eileen Barrett Joyless Wife

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