Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
- Released: 2014-08-14
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 54m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 989 votes
Directed by Peter Chelsom.
Top cast
- Simon Pegg as Hector
- Rosamund Pike as Clara
- Toni Collette as Agnes
- Stellan Skarsgård as Edward
- Christopher Plummer as Professor Coreman
- Jean Reno as Diego Baresco
- Barry Atsma as Michael
- Veronica Ferres as Anjali
- Ming Zhao as Ying Li
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Pathetic Jane
Where to watch Hector and the Search for Happiness
- United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Kanopy; rent on JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: watch free on YouTube Free; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Super Channel Plus, Super Channel Amazon Channel, fuboTV; watch free on CBC Gem; rent on CosmoGo; buy on CosmoGo
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
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