Oh, dear. Hector (Simon Pegg in deadly earnest) is an English psychiatrist, an affluent, middle-aged white guy afflicted with the dreaded "tidy, uncomplicated, satisfactory life," a man who, terrifyingly, "takes comfort in his predictable patterns." No wonder he can't help his patients. Happily, one of them is a psychic who tells him he'll be going on a long journey. (Yes, really.) For Hector, that means a journey of self-discovery as well as a literal journey to China, Africa, and — shudder — Los Angeles. The ostensible purpose is to ask various people about happiness in the hopes of maybe finding some for himself. Despite the slapstick humor and wobbly premise, there is promise at the outset: Stellan Skarsgard underplays beautifully as a wealthy workaholic who shows Hector a good time. But the promise is buried under cutesy touches, bland platitudes, wildly veering tone, and a rushed bid for profundity at the end. With Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette. (2014) — Matthew Lickona
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