10 Great Anti-Love Movies To Celebrate Hating Valentine's Day

6. Happiness (1988)

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Todd Solondz€™s Happiness is the story of an extremely dysfunctional family. Like other films on this list the key to the film is what is hidden behind the all-American exterior, the paedophilic husband is the obvious anti-love message here but every other character is also damaged. In fact, the only real €œhappiness€ is 11-year old Billy finding out the wonders of going solo when he finally manages to ejaculate at the end of the film. Why is it anti-love? Where to start with this one? Your parents and siblings might be hopelessly in love but it€™s okay because you have broken the mould. You€™re happily married. To a paedophile. Yeah, love sucks. Most anti-love moment? From the get-go Happiness is an anti-love tirade, but the opening scene where Andy (Jon Lovitz) dumps Joy (Jane Adams) sets the rest of the film up: €œI€™m champagne and you€™re sh*t. Until the day you die. You, not me, will always be sh*t."
 
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