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Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who won't let anyone or anything get her down. Even when her bicycle, which she so happily rides through the busy streets of London is stolen, her first thought is only: "I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye". Living with her flate-mate Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), Poppy has a gift for making the most of life. Determined to learn to drive, she finds herself matched with Scott (Eddie Marsan), an uptight driving instructor who is everything she is not. From Director Mike Leigh (Vera Drake) "Happy-Go-Lucky" is laugh-out-loud comedy about having fun, loking for love and getting on with life.

2008 · 1h 58m
Director Mike Leigh

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Happy-Go-Lucky

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Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who won't let anyone or anything get her down. Even when her bicycle, which she so happily rides through the busy streets of London is stolen, her first thought is only: "I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye". Living with her flate-mate Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), Poppy has a gift for making the most of life. Determined to learn to drive, she finds herself matched with Scott (Eddie Marsan), an uptight driving instructor who is everything she is not. From Director Mike Leigh (Vera Drake) "Happy-Go-Lucky" is laugh-out-loud comedy about having fun, loking for love and getting on with life.

COMMON SENSE

Thoughtful comedy's charm outweighs mild iffiness.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8
Reviews 161
Fresh 150
Rotten 11

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Studio
Miramax
Released
2008
Run Time
1 hr 58 min
Rated
R For Language.
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© 2007 Untitled '06 Distribution Limited, Channel 4 Television Corporation and UK Film Council.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (CC), Danish , Finnish , Norwegian , Swedish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.