So instead Happy Face adds more and more, like the flappy hatch of an airport carousel spewing out clingfilm-wrapped Samsonites. In this telling, Melissa works as a make-up artist on a TV talk show.

This, in turn, led him to be dubbed the "Happy Face Killer," a label that proved convenient in true crime circles, where names like "The Golden State Killer," "The Night Stalker," and "B.T.K ...

That’s the premise of the new Paramount+ thriller Happy Face. Opening Shot: A closeup of a woman putting on makeup in the morning. The Gist: As Melissa Reed (Annaleigh Ashford) starts her day ...

Perhaps as a result, “Happy Face” lacks the nimble, playful, ever-shifting tone that generally marks a Kings show, even one that deals with serial murder. (Producing director Michael Showalter ...

So to develop the story of Melissa Moore (Annaleigh Ashford), the author, podcaster, and adult daughter of so-called “Happy Face Killer” Keith Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), into a series ...

The new Paramount+ series based on the Happy Face Killer is available for streaming on Thursday, March 20. Stream the two-episode premiere for free with a Paramount+ free trial. Based on a true ...

Without any prior knowledge of Paramount Plus drama Happy Face, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the series, which was written by Jennifer Cacicio (Shooter, Damien) and co-developed by The Good ...

NEW YORK, March 20 (UPI) --Tony-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford says she wanted to star in Happy Face because the TV drama offers a fresh spin on the true-crime genre by telling the story from ...

But bizarrely, Happy Face, the tedious new true-crime thriller on Paramount+, still tries to moralize about the rise of true crime. Happy Face presents a heavily fictionalized version of a real ...

Sadly, Paramount Plus' slow-paced Happy Face falls into the latter category." However, a critic expressed disappointment with the finale, saying: "Part procedural, part family story, it's a hybrid ...