Claudine
25-08-2009, 09:49 PM
With Happy-Go-Lucky, he offers us one of his most charming characters: Pauline “Poppy” Cross, played with beguiling buoyancy by Sally Hawkins (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1020089/). Poppy is just what her nickname suggests – all bubble and fizz, bangles and rings, teasing and quips, topped off with an irresistible, yard-wide smile. She is a primary school teacher, the sort with boundless enthusiasm, the kind you always hope your kids will get. Her energy overflows outside the classroom – she works off the excess each day by bouncing on a trampoline – and it comes with a resolute lightheartedness. When Poppy’s beloved bicycle is stolen in the movie’s first scene, she’s momentarily perplexed, then shrugs it off. “Didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye,” she jokes, then goes off and enrolls in driving lessons.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2008/10/16/f-happy-go-lucky-review.html
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