“I really enjoyed the artful and creative presentation. I believe it is a gift.”

Female, 41
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“The film influenced my perception on short term “high” versus long term happiness.”

Male, 19
Warren Wilson School

“It was informative, entertaining, uplifting, comforting—in short I feel better about goals, struggles, roadblocks. Its sentiment was beautiful.”

Female, 21
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“As I watched, it was like hearing out loud everything I have thought but couldn’t say.”

Female, 22
Towson University

“I wish I could've seen this in high school because it created this interest in learning and education.”

Male, 19
Rochester Institute of Technology

“I think the movie was inspirational in an existential way.”

Male, 29
Rochester Institute of Technology

“I found I could relate on various levels and even got chills from being so intrigued. …I will surely be excelling from this point forward.”

Female, 19
Towson University

“…it created this interest in learning and education.”

Male, 19
Rochester Institute of Technology

“A wonderful collection of facts—things that most of us don’t realize.”

Female, 26
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“I am walking away with a mind full of ideas but more importantly I feel a movement in my heart that I wasn’t aware of when I walked in.”

Male, 20
Warren Wilson School

“…I feel like now I can begin my search for answers I already hold inside about what I should do (next!)…”

Female, 19
Warren Wilson School

“…it really made something click. I am now really able to understand that I can make my own decisions and I can express myself, and I’ll feel like a better person for it.”

Male, 15
Universal Unitarian Church of Annapolis

“Encouraged me to just do what my intuition is telling me to do.”

Female, 20
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“Evokes self evaluation.”

Male, 19
Georgetown University

“I wish I could’ve had this sooner, it would have made an even bigger difference…recommend it to everyone, especially those lost in their own selves.”

Male, 15
Universal Unitarian Church of Annapolis

“Really feel like it teaches very well while being entertaining, surprising, and emotionally hard-hitting.”

Male, 16
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“I also found myself thinking that this is the sort of influence I would like to have on my own children.”

Parent

“The film really explained the purpose of life and happiness to a point where right now I feel a wave of refreshing inspiration.”

Female, 20
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“Now I need to find my center, and march out from it.”

Male, 15
Universal Unitarian Church of Annapolis

“…while underneath me something unexpected and wonderful was going on, sort of like what this movie made me think is going on all the time in my brain without my knowing it.”

Female, 27
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“It definitely made me think about my own life and allowed me to make connections to other people I knew.”

Female, 22
Georgetown University

“It made me think about why people do things, how hard it is to take risks and make changes, but how worthwhile that can be.”

Female, 45
Universal Unitarian Church of Annapolis

“Is everything I do meaningful in some way, or do I really not care whatsoever what is happening to me or around me? Your film is obviously thought-provoking but in one of the most creative way I’ve seen in a long time.”

Female, 20
Towson University

“I liked that the movie wasn’t an anti-drug movie, but instead was a happiness movie and showed you can be happy without using drugs…”

Male, 22
Georgetown University

“It makes me want to strengthen other areas of my life which would increase my overall happiness.”

Female, 21
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“I really love the way that you have managed to communicate your information in a very contemporary and fitting manner.”

Male, 29
Rochester Institute of Technology

“Very down-to-earth explanations, understood well.”

Male, 21
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“Couldn’t exactly repeat what I got from it, but I did get a lot, whatever it was, but I can feel a difference.”

Male, 18
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“There are so many people that I’d like to see this film, because I know they would connect with it as I have.”

Female, 22
Towson University

“There was also a message to me to let my children find their own way, find the things that are meaningful to them.”

Male, 49
Parent

“That’s why I enjoyed this movie because it’s important to as these questions about the pursuit of happiness, reason and purpose.  I need to know more!”

Male, 16
Maryland Institute, College of Art

“I loved the style, and believe it or not it was ‘hip,’ but not in the trite, trying-too-hard sense of the word.”

Male, 22
Rochester Institute of Technology