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Happy-Go-Lucky

2008 · 118 min

A warm, meandering character study that charms with its buoyant heroine while quietly revealing the loneliness and friction beneath everyday cheer.

Tagline
The one movie this fall that will put a smile on your face.
Overview
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • loneliness
  • work
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Mike Leigh
Written by
Mike Leigh
Starring
Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Stanley Townsend, Kate O'Flynn, Caroline Martin, Oliver Maltman
Music
Gary Yershon
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Runtime
118 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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