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  1. Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. The screenplay focuses on a cheerful and optimistic primary school teacher and her relationships with those around her. The film was well received by critics and resulted in a number of awards for Mike Leigh 's direction and screenplay, lead actress Sally ...

  2. Nov 21, 2008 · Happy-Go-Lucky: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Sally Hawkins, Elliot Cowan, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough. A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

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  3. 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. There are always undercurrents and oddness. His films feel as if they're spontaneously unfolding; he has a vision of his characters that is only gradually revealed.

  4. Oct 10, 2008 · Rated: 3/4 Oct 31, 2008 Full Review Jeremy Carr Vague Visages Mike Leigh’s 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky, one of the most joyous of movies and one of the year’s very best, is a breezy two-hour ...

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  5. Apr 17, 2008 · Happy-Go-Lucky. F ilm-goers, novel-readers, television-watchers and culture-consumers generally are now on a continuous yellow alert for irony; narrators of every kind are regarded as about as ...

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  7. In Camden, elementary-school teacher Poppy Cross is an optimistic 30-year-old smile who has shared a flat with her friend and fellow teacher Zoe for 10 years. When her bicycle is stolen, Poppy decides to have driving lessons with the Axle School of Motoring with rude, bigoted, bitter instructor, Scott. Meanwhile, she has trouble with her back ...

  8. Academy Award nominee Mike Leigh (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Vera Drake, 2004), delivers the delightfully fresh and cheerful comedy Happy-Go-Lucky. Free-spirited and effervescent, Poppy is a schoolteacher whose unstoppable optimism guides her life. Bubbling forth with giggles, laughter and jokes, life's a bowl of cherries - even when she comes across a few pits. Whether it's a ...

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