What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) YIFY - Download Movie TORRENT

Reviewed by cherold 7 / 10

funny and old-fashioned

This is a distinctly old-fashioned comedy, created by middle-aged guys who'd written Marx Brothers movies and cute comedies like Miracle on 34th Street. In some ways, the movie feels antiquated and out of touch; its '60s nihilistic "East Village artists" are Beatnik throwbacks, and the writers believe that if people were happy, men would be clean shaven and wear suits, women would get their hair done, and everyone would get married. But if the film is out of touch with the world it's set in, it is perfectly in touch with the Capra-esque sensibility it's aiming at. After a slow start, the movie becomes quite funny, and it has a charm and sweetness about it that was already long out of style by the time of its release.I saw this movie decades ago and really liked it, and I'm happy to say that, all these years later, I still find its humor and positive message (and no, it's not a particularly subversive message, though it is a sweet one) compensate for its old-fashioned out-of-touchness.

Reviewed by thorsjackhammer 7 / 10

Environmental Psychology and contagious optimism. 7/10

An epidemic, caused by a colourful Toucan bird on a Greek cargo ship, spreads through New York in the late 60's, the symptoms are feeling content, hopeful, friendly and happy. People are putting their rubbish in bins! Authorities are very concerned and want to find a cure. Why? Primarily because it is financially damaging to the city's tax revenue. Alcohol and Cigarettes, for instance, have taken a dramatic plunge in sales. Presumably, so have pharmaceutical ant-depressants and the like. Emergency plans are activated (face masks, movement into and out of the city, quarantine) to stop the spread of general content. Some individuals might even quit their jobs, due to an overnight rise in their self esteem.Much of the movie's end message revolves around, 'Environmental Psychology'. A branch of psychology that gathers facts on how an individual's environment, is a very large component of how an individual ultimately behaves, within that environment, in this case, New York City. The main message being that, a critical mass of citizens, who exhibit friendliness and optimism, can 'spread' this positive attitude and modify the more negative and hostile behaviour of a city's citizens. There's lot's of little fun details sprinkled throughout, like foreshadowing of 'Reality TV'. One authority character suggests that a TV show ('Big Brother' like) would be a great idea, when surveillance is used to verify if their air spread cure is effective on 'patient zero', whom is in bed with his girlfriend. The down beat, negative, Beatnik apartment ('commune') was a great touch. Particularly the girl that lived in a Hessian potatoe sack, obviously a reference to the Greek philosopher, Diogenes, who made a virtue of poverty. Never did see this pop up as a mid-day movie when I was a kid. Enjoyed it, but felt it could have explored the consequences of widespread optimism, and conversely pessimism, a little more fully, and humorously.

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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968

Comedy

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968

Comedy

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funny and old-fashioned

Environmental Psychology and contagious optimism. 7/10

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