---
title: 'The Happytime Murders (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brian Henson'
released: '2018-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-happytime-murders-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308728/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Happytime Murders (2018)

2018 · R · 91 min · Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Happytime Murders is a 2018 American adult puppet buddy cop crime comedy film directed by Brian Henson and written by Todd Berger from a story by Berger and Dee Austin Robertson. The film stars Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, and Elizabeth Banks. Set in a world where humans and living puppets co-exist, the film follows a puppet private investigator and a human police detective who must solve a murder spree of retired sitcom stars.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Melissa McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-mccarthy), [Brian Henson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-henson), [Ben Falcone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-falcone)
- **Director:** [Brian Henson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-henson)
- **Screenplay:** [Todd Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-berger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rupert Gregson-Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-gregson-williams), [Christopher Lennertz](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lennertz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mitchell Amundsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-amundsen)

## Cast

- [Elizabeth Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-banks)
- [Melissa McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-mccarthy)
- [Joel McHale](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mchale)
- [Maya Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-rudolph)

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Official site: https://www.thehappytimemurders.movie/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-happytime-murders-2018
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