Happy, Texas

Happy, Texas is a fish-out-of-water comedy about two con men who escape from prison, then pose as gay lovers to hide out in a small Texas town. Mistaken for consultants to the Little Miss Fresh Squeezed Beauty Pageant, Harry (Jeremy Northam) and Wayne (Steve Zahn) go along with the ruse so they can ...more

Shakespeare may have perfected the mistaken-identity plot, but even the Bard never contemplated the hysterical ripple that infests this honestly funny and seemingly fresh mistaken-sex adventure. First-time director Mark Illsley turns in a bright, lighthearted romantic comedy that doesn't rely on cheap laughs -- at least not too many, given that rubber-faced Steve Zahn is at his brain-dead finest . There's also enough of a dark turn in the plot when the "real" bad guy arrives to provide dramatic ...more