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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 31 Oct 2008

Sally Hawkins, in a blinding, Oscar-worthy piece of acting so good you barely see it, plays Poppy, a perpetually upbeat elementary schoolteacher…

Review of Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 28 Oct 2008

Yes, Sally Hawkins does an amazing job, but she also plays a type of person that the majority of us can't stand. It's beyond Poppy's positive outlook…

Review of Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

By Danny Minton (313) for KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (104) on 25 Oct 2008

I really thought I might really grow tired of her quickly, but by the end I had nothing but admiration…

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By Peter T. Chattaway (133) for Christianity Today (953) on 23 Oct 2008

There is something infectious and unique about Poppy's joy, and Leigh seems to have caught the bug…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 23 Oct 2008

One of the best films of 2008 and one of the finest films to date from a man commonly regarded as one of the world's greatest filmmakers…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for Movie Retriever (197) on 23 Oct 2008

A character study in the classic sense of the phrase, featuring a lead who will stick with you for days and weeks to come…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 22 Oct 2008

Absolutely extraordinary in its grounded optimism, Happy-Go-Lucky features an Oscar-worthy performance from Sally Hawkins that must not, cannot…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 22 Oct 2008

Expertly directed by Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky is not only joyous but substantial…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 22 Oct 2008

Mr…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Oct 2008

A lighter register than most Leigh films, but the content is as psychologically and dramatically rich as ever…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 16 Oct 2008

Happy-Go-Lucky is some sort of cinematic proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 15 Oct 2008

I want to believe in someone like [Poppy]. I want to believe life can be approached from such an uncompromisingly joyous perspective…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 14 Oct 2008

Cute but inconsequential, pleasant to a degree but so willowy that it hardly seems to exist at all…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 Oct 2008

Director Mike Leigh creates an air-headed vision of inner contentment in the guise of 30-year-old British primary school teacher and student…

Review of Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 11 Oct 2008

This is writer/director Mike Leigh's best film since 1993's Naked and, in a sense, its photo negative twin - female centric as opposed to male,…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for UGO (350) on 10 Oct 2008

There are times during Happy-Go-Lucky where Poppy is entirely endearing and others where she comes off as the bubbliest of emotional terrorists,…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 09 Oct 2008

Happy-Go-Lucky doesn't condemn the optimistic way Poppy approaches life. It's wondering why there aren't more people like her…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 09 Oct 2008

So joyous and uplifting that you just want to pluck it off the screen, put it in your pocket and carry it around with you…

Review of Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 08 Oct 2008

Your tolerance for it all will depend heavily on whether you consider Hawkins' mannered performance insufferably cloying or irresistibly charming…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 08 Oct 2008

There are no house-call abortionists or down-on-their-luck families who only find hope in the next pint, just a chipper Finsbury Park bird…

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