Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy (2026): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2026, Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy is a romance, drama and tv movie film, running about 90 minutes.

What it’s about. Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy follows 50-year-old Val (Tisha Campbell), a devoted wife and stay at home mom, who is eager to reignite the spark in her marriage when her youngest child leaves for college. Grappling with empty-nest feelings, loneliness and growing emotional distance from her husband Ross (Russell Hornsby), Val begins to realize that her marriage and the woman she once was, may be slipping away. A spontaneous escape to New Orleans to support her pregnant daughter, Kayla (Zing Ashford), awakens long-buried dreams and passions and introduces her to Peter Mosley (Mekhi Phifer), a handsome and charismatic photographer who sees her in ways she has forgotten to see herself. Reawakening her artistic spirit and rediscovering her worth, Val must face a life-altering question: is it ever too late to choose yourself and the love you truly deserve?

Who’s in it. Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy stars Tisha Campbell as Val, Russell Hornsby as Ross, Zing Ashford as Kayla and Mekhi Phifer as Peter Mosley.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Philo, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Club Apple TV channel and Lifetime Movie Club Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy page.

If you liked it. Fans of Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Your Name., Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Cinema Paradiso.