Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who won't let anyone or anything get her down. Even when her bicycle, which she so happily rides through the busy streets of London is stolen, her first thought is only: "I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye."
Living with her flatmate Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), Poppy has a gift for making the most of life. Determined to learn to drive, she finds herself matched with Scott (Eddie Marsan), an uptight driving instructor who is everything she is not.
From director Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake) Happy-go-lucky is a laugh-out-loud comedy about having fun, looking for love and getting on with life.
Special Agent Matti
Wow, Happy-go-lucky is the perfect title for this film because Poppy is the embodiment thereof. I don't know how Sally Hawkins keeps it up. Meanwhile, Eddie Marsan is completely insane: I was surprised that he didn't just explode all over the screen, leaving a dripping mess to dribble down the walls. Talk about hair-trigger.
Mike Leigh has created a brilliant monster of a film that reaches into your inside bits and jiggles them around. You'll laugh, you'll cringe, you might even cry. See it.
The comedy, UK movie Happy-go-lucky is directed by Mike Leigh and stars Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman.
M (Coarse language, threatening scene)
118 minutes (1:58 hours)
Film: 26 June 2008
