Freeze Frame: A Snapshot Look at October Movies
By Lisa Collins, Hollywood.com Staff
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Happy Go Lucky
Genre: Comedy, Foreign
Release Date: October 10
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin
Scoop: Poppy (Sally Hawkins), an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher, brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters. However, when she signs up for driving lessons with Scott, her polar opposite--a fuming, uptight cynic--tension builds as their lessons progress. Simultaneously, Poppy encounters other life challenges, that beg her to question: “is the glass half-full, or half-empty”?
If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, We Say: The combination of Sally Hawkins's accessible, electric demeanor, Mike Leigh's direction and the balled-up, color tissue paper covering Africa and Europe have us ready to jump to be a part of Poppy's universe.
Snapshot Prediction: 5 out of 5 stars
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