Happy Go Lucky (2008)
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- Synopsis
- Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan star in director Mike Leigh's seriocomedy concerning an eternally optimistic teacher living and working in North London. Thirty-year-old teacher Poppy (Hawkins) always has a smile on her face, and does her best to ......
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- Starring
- Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Sinead Matthews, Kate O'Flynn
- Director(s)
- Mike Leigh
- Distributor(s)
- Miramax
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 118 min.
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Critic Reviews
This is Mike Leigh's funniest film since "Life Is Sweet" (1991). Of course he hasn't ever made a completely funny film, and Happy-Go-Lucky has scenes that are not funny, not at all.Read the full review
Won't break your heart -- it will make it soar.Read the full review
I thought "Topsy-Turvy" was perfection, a spirited evocation of the partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan, plus a blithely definitive depiction of the artistic process. Happy-Go-Lucky is perfection too, assuming you go along with its leisurely pace, which I did quite happily.Read the full review
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Decade: Mike Leigh on “Happy-Go-Lucky”
12/28/09 Generally, though, Leigh tends to foreground the banal conflicts of plain folk, the spaces between the heroic gestures favored by Hollywood. | indieWIRE -
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“Hurt Locker” & “Summer Hours” Wins with NY Critics
12/14/09 One day after winning top critics prizes in Los Angeles and Boston, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" was named the best film of the year by the New York Film Critics' Circle, widely considered the leading organization of film critics in the country. | indieWIRE -
Press Release - Mike Leigh Starts A New One
08/26/09 The only thing the press release doesn't address is the death of Simon Channing Williams , Leigh's producing partner on all of his films since 1987's The Short & Curlies . | The Hot Blog - Movie City News -
Andrea Riseborough is 'Rock' solid
08/12/09 The British actress will play the female lead opposite Sam Riley in the pic based on the Graham Greene novel. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Terrific Trailers: 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
07/14/09 Moviefone I have a theory that whether you find Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky utterly annoying or a joy and an inspiration offers an interesting insight to your personality. | Cinematical.com
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