Funny Ha Ha

Funny Ha Ha follows Marnie, a 23-year-old who has finished college and has no clear idea what comes next. She spends her nights drinking and partying, drags herself into a temp job she dislikes, and keeps circling the question of whether to pursue her friend Alex, who does not appear to return her interest.

The film was written and directed by Andrew Bujalski and released in 2003, the first of five features he directed in the years that followed, ahead of Mutual Appreciation, Beeswax, Computer Chess and Support the Girls. Kate Dollenmayer plays Marnie, with Christian Rudder as Alex and Mark Herlehy, Jennifer L. Schaper, Myles Paige and Marshall Lewy among the credited cast of 35. Ethan Vogt produced, and Goodbye Cruel Releasing and Houston King Productions were behind it.

Its reputation rests on a modest scale and a naturalistic approach to everyday life, and it is often grouped with the early mumblecore movement in American independent film. On IMDb, viewers rate it 6.4/10 from around 3,100 votes, and on TMDB it holds 6.2/10 from a much smaller set of 53 votes. A critics' rating of 7.1/10 from 41 reviews places it somewhat above those audience scores.