Directed by George Seaton
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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Mary Tyler Moore, a folk singing hippie, and her boyfriend George Peppard, also a drop out, live in a sort of communal apartment with their intellectual friends reading philosophy, taking drugs, etc. A toucan carrying a "happy virus" enters their window and infects them all. Soon enough, they get cleaned up, get real jobs and are living "normal", productive lives. The virus starts spreading across the city which starts to resemble a musical with everyone singing and dancing. The politicians are concerned no one will vote, or pay taxes, and set out to capture the bird and find a cure for the virus. It's basically a one-joke comedy that makes its point and then has nowhere to go. There are very long, boring subplots with the police stalking the bird, Moore and Peppard hiding the bird and the scientists performing experiments, including spying on them on their wedding night. It's very dated and never funny.
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