Just how hard is it to be happy?
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin |
Director |
Mike Leigh |
Screenplay | Mike Leigh |
Music | Gary Yershon |
Cinematography | Dick Pope |
Editing | Jim Clark |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
Made in | 2008 |
Produced by | Film4, Ingenious Film Partners, Summit Entertainment, Thin Man Films, UK Film Council |
Official Site | IMDB page
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Genre | Comedy, drama |
Language | Some |
Nudity | None |
Sex | Mild |
Violence | Mild |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | A comedy/drama, upbeat and poignant with mildly adult themes. |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 15 | |
Die Burger Mariana Malan | 10 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 15 | |
24.com Shaheema Barodien Go watch it for its inspiring lead performance. Poppy isn't someone you're likely forget very easily. | 15 | |
BBC Anna Smith An improvisational comedy drama, it's very funny and establishes Hawkins as a major talent to watch. | 15 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson Poppy is clearly intended to be a shining beacon of good cheer in this world of woe but everything about Happy-Go-Lucky is so forced and facile, she seems more like a cartoon grotesquerie. But then, maybe it’s not such a surprise that Mike Leigh doesn’t know anything about happy people. | 5 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli Poppy is the kind of character it's a pleasure to spend two hours with. In fact, I would gladly have given her additional time. Most importantly, she's the reason to experience this film and, because of her, what an experience it is! | 15 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Get ready for Sally Hawkins, a dynamo of an actress who will have her way with you in Happy-Go-Lucky, leaving you enchanted, enraged to the point of madness and utterly dazzled. No list of the year's best performances should be made without her. | 18 | |
Metacritic.com 34 critics | 17 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 132 critics | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Mike Leigh's latest partially-improvised film is a light-hearted comedy with moments that bite, and features a brilliant star turn by Sally Hawkins. | 19 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 6414 Netizens A cheerful film with an underlying vein of tragedy | 15 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 |