Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman
A Mike Leigh comedy, "Happy-Go-Lucky" is set in contemporary London and follows the adventures of Poppy (Sally Hawkins) a primary school teacher. A free spirit, she is open and generous – as funny and...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
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November 7, 2009"You keep on rowin', and I'll keep on smilin'."
Film-goers, novel-readers, TV-watchers and culture-consumers spread through our little planet generally are now on a continuous yellow alert for irony; narrators of every kind are regarded as about as trustworthy as the pat...( read more) -
October 1, 2009Another Mike Leigh experiment gone right! It takes a real master of direction to achieve what he has. He is a master craftsman, as our his fantastic cast. I sat next to Mike Leigh on a bus going down Tottenham Court Road, I wanted to say hello but I bottled it :o(
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September 30, 2009She doesn't seem so Happy Go LUcky..she seemed kinda negligant and oblivious.
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June 19, 2009Mike Leigh has been always some kind of a stranger to me. Ok, I've seen some of his work but because most of his movies are pretty much aimed at the female viewers, I've chosen to skip most of 'em. The reason why I watched 'Happy-Go-Lucky' was that at least here in Finland, Sally...( read more)
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May 16, 2009She was a little over the top at times, but it was a cute movie overall. British films are usually a little much for me, but I enjoyed this one.
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November 19, 2009Meet the first real life Disney character.
This Guy Over Here picks this as one of the best films of the 2000s -
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November 9, 2009I spent the first half of the film wanting to punch the main character and found this terribly distracting. Having said that, I enjoyed this more than I have any of Leigh's other films. In Happy-Go-Lucky, I at least felt that I understood and liked where Leigh was trying to go,...( read more)
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October 27, 2009I loved this movie.It made me laugh,it made me cry,it made me think.I found the scene with Poppy and the homeless man moving.I was also afraid she may get hurt.What a wonderfully careing person she is.A little bit silly though to go walking into that vacant lot.I thought it was g...( read more)
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October 14, 2009é engraçado. e a sally hawkins está tão tão boa como mulher ultra feliz que sempre vê o lado positivo da vida que até irrita.
Critic Reviews
December 7, 2008
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com
October 31, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
I've never used this cliché in a review before, and God forbid I ever use it again, so pay close attention: Happy-Go-Lucky is the feel-good movie of the year. full review
October 31, 2008
Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun
British director Mike Leigh has made the first great comedy for our new depression. full review
October 30, 2008
Josh Rosenblatt, Austin Chronicle
Leigh's creation is fixed and unchangeable, admirably optimistic as a person but completely unengaging as a movie character. full review
October 30, 2008
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Leigh pushes the story in a more interesting direction, asking whether people find happiness or simply will it on themselves. full review
October 24, 2008
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
The new Mike Leigh film, Happy-Go-Lucky, is a real pleasure, and besides being Leigh's most buoyantly comic feature it's a marvelous showcase for Sally Hawkins, who has worked twice before with the Br... full review
October 23, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Sally Hawkins been in movies before, including Leigh's "Vera Drake" and Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dream," but this is her star-making role. She was named best actress at Berlin 2008. I will deliberat... full review
October 17, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Happy-Go-Lucky isn't one of Leigh's epic social canvases like Secrets & Lies or even Topsy-Turvy; rather, it's an edgy character study whose message only gradually emerges. full review
October 13, 2008
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
It's a small, radiant gem in a movie season cluttered with rhinestones. You leave the theater feeling both clearheaded and buoyant. full review
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March 10, 2009If I can stop you from renting just one movie this week, let it be Mike Leigh’s exercise in scurrility, the obnoxiously rose-lensed looked at the life of its lead, an unbelievable Poppy-anna, portrayed perfectly, if infuriatingly, by Sally Hawkins. Despite the edgy appearance of Eddie Marsan as a racist driving instructor — who makes Mel Gibson sound like the President of the Anti-Defamation League — the film cannot overcome its hollow core. Sadly, there is too little of Marsan’s spittle, too much of Hawkins’ twattle. While I have admired many of the filmmaker’s previous efforts, this one made we want to scream: HAPPY-GO-F**K-YOURSELF!
To hear me more restrained, speaking with Mr. Leigh himself, watch my FILM RAP here: http://thewarrenreport.com/?p=313 -
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