Poppy (in the green skirt) and her friends after a night on the town. Mike Leigh is one of my favorite film makers, but I didn't really connect with his last two movies, All or Nothing or Vera Drake and I wasn't sure what to expect with Happy-Go-Lucky . Well, I saw it last night and loved it. Happy-Go-Lucky is the story of Poppy Cross (Sally Hawkins), a primary schoolteacher, as she goes about her life for a few weeks. Poppy seems, at first, to be a very silly person - she's constantly... read more
