I didn't say it was a failure (If you set your sights that low, failure can be tough to achieve), I said it bombed at the box office. If it was such a great movie, word would have gotten around. That seemingly didn't happen.
I have no problem with it being made, I'm all for allowing all forms of expression, even shitty one's like Happiness. But if I was supposed to have laughed at the scene I described above...
The movie gave me nothing but a dislike for anyone who would put that shit together. I didn't laugh at all and the only feelings it gave me were in my gag reflex. Bad Boy Bubby is Oscar material in comparison. (And before you think it, I love Bad Boy Bubby).
It's a movie that people who like to say they are "broadminded and/or open-minded" will watch and say they enjoyed thoroughly. Hipster's would love it. I'd watch Sandler's last 10 movies 5 times each before I'd watch Happiness again. Hell, I'd watch Pixels 50 times before I'd watch it.