movieblog.ugo.com - 10/11/2008
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It’s easy to take a reductive view of Mike Leigh’s latest, Happy-Go-Lucky, not least because of its deceptively colorful, light-hearted surface. I’ve never considered Leigh much of a visual stylist, but his widescreen work here with frequent cinematographer Dick Pope is extraordinary - it’s ...
apple.com - 10/9/2008
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apple.com —
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 ...
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Movie Trailers - Happy Go Lucky
newyorker.com - 10/7/2008
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newyorker.com —
There’s a startling moment in “Body of Lies,”
the potent new thriller directed by Ridley Scott--a moment
that not only crystallizes what the movie is about but shrewdly demonstrates the ironies of asymmetrical warfare in the age of ...
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David Denby: "Body of Lies" and "Happy-Go-Lucky."
link.brightcove.com - 10/6/2008
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NYFF 46 (2008): Happy-Go-Lucky
The House Next Door —
... of a miserabilist, that the happy moments in his movies masked an ever-present sense of tragedy and upset ("There’s something inherently disappointing about success,” sighs Gilbert in Topsy-Turvy after the opening-night triumph of his operetta The Mikado), but I now think he was actually saying that Leigh was (and is) beyond such terms. _______________________________________ To read the rest of the review at UnderGroundOnline (UGO), click here.
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Movie Review - 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
getthebigpicture.net 10/24/2008 — Mike Leigh's latest film only resembles his more recent work is its size. The outlook here is positively bright and sunny, as you'd expect from a movie called 'Happy-Go-Lucky.' Leigh is on his game as usual and Sally Hawkins lives up to the hype of an Oscar nomination.
Toronto and NYFF. Happy-Go-Lucky.
daily.greencine.com 9/30/2008 — "On the outskirts of Mike Leigh 's blissful Happy-Go-Lucky [ site ] lie child abusers, stalkers and supremacists, homeless, hairy troglodytes, school bullies, back problems, driving perils, and a series of crumbling relationships no amount of ...
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salon.com 10/11/2008 — Sally Hawkins gives the finest performance of the year in Mike Leigh's intimate masterpiece.
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screendaily.com 11/30/2008 — Dir: Mike Leigh. US/UK. 2007 118mins. Mike Leigh has created more than his share of stressed and depressed characters, but his latest film takes on one of the toughest challenges in contemporary drama - creating a character who is genuinely happy. ...
indieWIRE INTERVIEW | "Happy-Go-Lucky" Director Mike Leigh
indiewire.com 10/20/2008 — by Erica Abeel (October 7, 2008)
In the opening scenes of " Happy-Go-Lucky ," Poppy, a thirty-year-old teacher dressed in flea market duds and fishnet stockings, pedals through London dispensing cheer -- then ends up getting her bike stolen. ...
DVD Review: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
reviews.filmintuition.com 3/15/2009 — Now Available on DVD View Video Clips Explore the Trailer & Photo Gallery Read the Original Theatrical Review Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page I. An Introduction Near the end of 2008 as critics began compiling their Top 10 lists for their favorite ...
National Society of Film Critics Honor 'Bashir,' 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
getthebigpicture.net 1/4/2009 — The last major group of film critics has awarded its 2008 honors, with the National Society of Film Critics going heavily against the grain, picking 'Waltz with Bashir' the year's best picture, and giving the most trophies to Mike Leigh's character comedy, 'Happy-Go-Lucky'.
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