Happy-Go-Lucky
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DivX
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Genres: Drama

Directors: Mike Leigh

Cast: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin

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 on occasion situation she encounters, offering us a touching, truthful and deeply life-affirming exploration of one of the greater mysterious and regularly the uttermost elusive of all human qualities: happiness. Poppy’s ability to maintain her perspective is tested as the romance 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 as well thrown out her back. How that affects not only Poppy’s sphere view but plus the outlook of those circumference her begs the question, “glass half full or half destitute?”