Happiness for Beginners

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Ellie Kemper as Helen
• Luke Grimes as Jake
• Nico Santos as Hugh
• Blythe Danner as Gigi
• Ben Cook as Beckett
• Shayvawn Webster as Windy
• Julia Shiplett as Sue
• Gus Birney as Kaylee
• Esteban Benito as Mason
• Alexander Koch as Duncan
• Mary Neely as Lulu

Storyline:

A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten-year-old younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It’s supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother’s even more annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can’t imagine how it will be anything other than a disaster.

About Movie:

Happiness for Beginners is an American romantic comedy film starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes, an adaptation of the Katherine Center 2015 novel of the same name. The novel was adapted for the screen and directed by Vicky Wight.

Following a divorce, Helen (Kemper) books an Appalachian Trail survivalist course where she meets Jake (Grimes), a friend of her younger brother.

The film was released by Netflix on July 27, 2023.