Well, it certainly is different! But I failed to understand what it's about or even why it was made. So a British shrink wants to get away from everything and travel around the world. "Around The World In 80 Days" was much better story! There are some interesting cinematic tricks here and there. It's interesting to see a few exotic places. But when "The End" comes on screen (and there is a tricky little surprise even there) you wonder about what you've just seen. Was it a comedy? A fantasy? An adventure? A love story? A travelogue? Or most likely, the work of some free spending film people who wanted to have a little fun. The travel budget must have been insane but for what purpose? Despite all this, I still give it a half decent rating because it was refreshing (if puzzling and unrealistic.) Let's just hope nobody involved in this very odd picture actually believed they were writing cinema history. Birth Of A Nation it ain't!

Hector & The Search For Happiness is not a standard comedy or drama. I early found my self laughing but i found myself doing much more then that. This movie is about self discovery of a man who's job is to assist his clients in overcoming the worst in their lives but he is unable to assist because he has never experienced emotions like his clients are dealing with. He heads out on a journey that spans multiple countries and puts him in some of the most amazing locations where he has learned how to feel the basic emotions that so many people feel each day. This movie is one of those movies that allows you to feel all the emotions that the main character feels from sadness, fear to happiness. I would highly recommend watching this movie and maybe you will discover something about yourself.

I felt compelled to review this film because it bothered me quite a bit. Since this tries to be a worldly film, it counts for something to add that I am 29, American and my wife is 28, Korean. Her and I have lived in South Korea for years and between the two of us we've traveled all of NZ, a number of Asian countries and about a quarter of the US. My wife says this movie was cheesy and and not nearly as deep as it's trying to be. I say...Simon did alright: I've laughed at some of his other movies and this is him being a bit more dimensional. I'm fine with the numbered lessons he learns about happiness. I agree with one of the negative reviews that there were really cliché representations of the various countries/ experiences, but it was still entertaining to me.My problems with this film:Too many "happy times" involving alcohol- I'm not some soap box standing straight edge guy, but any mature person can appreciate happiness found without the influence of any drugs. The writer took the easy route to try and get a larger audience I suppose.My biggest problem was the relationship with Clara. Now for the SPOILER part: He has a relationship which is fine in the beginning and he then he has these experiences which show him there's more to the world BUT he decides that she is all he wants so he goes home. And now this makes him a man whereas in the beginning he sees himself as child -lame. So the lesson is if you're a doctor and have a loving relationship, you have a good happy life and need nothing else. What about everyone else? Want a similar but more fulfilling film? watch The secret life of Walter Mitty. It's kind of similar but more entertaining and less painful.

This is something new from Simon Pegg, don't get me wrong I loved his Cornetto trilogy and all the other weird films he is in, I also like him in Star Trek, actually I like more or less everything I have seen him in :)Hector is a normal, maybe a bit reluctant and strange in some ways, he and his girlfriend have their routines and it works for them, but at some point, something convinces Hector to do something else and that's where this story really starts.I don't think you can say this is groundbreaking, but it is fun and meaningful to see what he figures out, who he visits and how he is handling it all, it does give some food for thought about yourself and when you are happy and what makes the people around you happy etc.