Money Buys Happiness

When mid-life crisis hits you in the head like a piano

R 2002 · 109 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy, Drama

A married Seattle couple struggle in their relationship as they approach the millennium, each looking for new directions in their life. He dreams of shedding all material worth and going on a spiritual awakening. She wants a new relationship with an old lover who wrote her a love note years ago. When a male friend commits suicide, he leaves all of his belongings to his friends. The two choose a piano from his possessions, which comes to represent the couple's relationship as he pushes the piano 50 blocks across the city to their home.

Directed by Gregg Lachow · Written by Gregg Lachow