Happy Endings

Don Roos does not duplicate the happy surprise of The Opposite of Sex, but Lisa Kudrow again demonstrates her comedic range as a mother in equivocal search for the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager, and Maggie Gyllenhaal anchors a parallel story that only collides at the very end. Bobby Cannavale and Tom Arnold are both humorous and believable as the respective partners, and Steve Coogan is delightfully witty (bring on Tristram Shandy!!!) as one of a gay couple involved with a lesbian couple and a conflict over donated sperm. The tangential stories are too complicated to recapitulate, but the performances are pungent and the script is fitfully funny. The film evaporates in the mind after viewing, but is quite entertaining to watch. (2005, dvd, n.) *6* (MC-57, RT-57.)