Happy-Go-Lucky

2008 • 118 minutes

About this movie

Academy Award nominee Mike Leigh (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Vera Drake, 2004), delivers the delightfully fresh and cheerful comedy Happy-Go-Lucky. Free-spirited and effervescent, Poppy is a schoolteacher whose unstoppable optimism guides her life. Bubbling forth with giggles, laughter and jokes, life's a bowl of cherries - even when she comes across a few pits. Whether it's a cranky driving teacher or a fiery flamenco instructor, Poppy embraces life on the sunny side of the street. It's a joyous, feel-good film you'll find irresistible.

Ratings and reviews

Driving lessons has never been funny. Just remember being a good driver is no accident. Laughed so hard at many of the scenes.

Seen this movie on a channel late at night a few years ago & liked it right off the back.

Sally Hawkins is awesome!