Released on September 9 in cinemas, Le bonheur des uns… is now available on DVD and VOD from Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Directed by Daniel Cohen, the director of Comme un chef and Les Deux mondes, Le bonheur des uns… brings together an enticing quartet, composed of Vincent Cassel, Bérénice Bejo, Florence Foresti and François Damiens. Focus:
A comedy without much madness
Despite interesting themes, The happiness of some… does not fly very high. Daniel Cohen offers a lazy comedy, which fails to impose really hard-hitting comic springs. The valves are not necessarily all very successful, and the film, at best, sketches a few smiles. The fault, mainly, to a predictable writing. The plot is stitched with white thread and finally does not offer much really innovative. 
The fault, also, to the character of Florence Foresti. The latter is simply unbearable. Deliberately annoying protagonist, she pulls the blanket on her, and represents too much screen time compared to her interest. A jealous and envious shrew, she is more unsympathetic than necessary. And she ends up making us hate Florence Foresti despite all the sympatheticness we feel for her… Fortunately, François Damiens compensates, with his usual personal verve, and his warm humor, he allows to swallow the pill less painfully.
Relatively interesting themes
And it's a shame that Le Bonheur des uns… crashes at this point. Because the themes addressed are not without interest. Daniel Cohen offers an interesting look at the sickly jealousy inherent in success. It offers an analysis of behavioral changes in relation to the economic and social evolution of the friendly environment. The filmmaker highlights how artistic and personal success can make the best of friends jealous. 
A true object of thought on non-family human relations, this theme reminds us that the human being remains dictated by his primal instinct, by the desire for possession, and superiority over his neighbor. In this, the happiness of some… is not totally devoid of interest, and thus offers a relatively well treated psychoanalysis of the consequences of success on the close entourage. Interesting subject but definitely badly treated. Even if that's the goal, Florence Foresti's character is literally unbearable, which annoys deeply. A comedy quickly seen, quickly forgotten… https://youtu.be/klu3PcUX-c0
