Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/3108 Home Video 03/10/09 MPAA Rating Rated R for language Running Time 1 hour 58 minutes Genre Drama, Comedy Director Mike Leigh Writer Mike Leigh Cast Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Samuel Roukin, Sinead Matthews, Kate O'Flynn, Sarah Niles, Eddie Marsan, Joseph Kloska, Sylvestra Le Touzel Studio Miramax |
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008)
SYNOPSIS
Just how hard is it to be happy? In the effervescent
new comedy from writer/director Mike Leigh (“Vera
Drake,” “Secrets & Lies”), Sally Hawkins stars as
Poppy, an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher
who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable
sense of optimism to every situation she encounters,
offering us a touching, truthful and deeply life-affirming
exploration of one of the most mysterious and often
the most elusive of all human qualities: happiness.
Poppy’s ability to maintain her perspective is tested as
the story begins and her commuter bike is stolen.
However, she enthusiastically signs up for driving
lessons with Scott (Eddie Marsan), who turns out to be
her nemesis – a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of
their weekly lessons builds, Poppy encounters even
more challenges to her positive state of mind: a fiery
flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister, a
troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class,
not to mention that she has also thrown out her back.
How this affects not only Poppy’s world view but also
the outlook of those around her begs the question
“glass half full or half empty”?
-© Miramax
Just how hard is it to be happy? In the effervescent
new comedy from writer/director Mike Leigh (“Vera
Drake,” “Secrets & Lies”), Sally Hawkins stars as
Poppy, an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher
who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable
sense of optimism to every situation she encounters,
offering us a touching, truthful and deeply life-affirming
exploration of one of the most mysterious and often
the most elusive of all human qualities: happiness.
Poppy’s ability to maintain her perspective is tested as
the story begins and her commuter bike is stolen.
However, she enthusiastically signs up for driving
lessons with Scott (Eddie Marsan), who turns out to be
her nemesis – a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of
their weekly lessons builds, Poppy encounters even
more challenges to her positive state of mind: a fiery
flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister, a
troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class,
not to mention that she has also thrown out her back.
How this affects not only Poppy’s world view but also
the outlook of those around her begs the question
“glass half full or half empty”?
-© Miramax
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