Transcript: In 'Happy,' Mike Leigh's World Is Not So Miserable

Article: Who's had all the happy pills? ; You may want to throttle her but ...
Evening Standard - London;  April 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... people all the time. When Mike Leigh does sad, his critics ... some problems with Poppy (Sally Hawkins), its ... is as pessimistic as Poppy is optimistic, until ... film. As usual with Mike Leigh films, there are passages ... flamenco dance session Poppy attends with her not ...

Article: Being positive: an interview with Mike ...
Cineaste;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... questions about the nature of Poppy's optimism, and her "invulnerability ... inherent in his conception of Poppy. Cineaste: In Happy Go-Lucky ... more festive and sanguine one. Mike Leigh: I don't see that much of ... good-hearted, and caring as Poppy. But their worlds are different ...

Article: No reservations: Mike Leigh's ...
Commonweal;  December 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... And I love Pauline "Poppy" Cross, the heroine of Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky ... everyone and everything Poppy encounters arouses ... have admired other Mike Leigh movies, started to ... the seemingly inane Poppy (with her off-putting ...

Article: les Anti-miserables; Mike Leigh rejects fashionable ...
The Saturday Star (South Africa);  May 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... harp on about Mike Leigh's reputation ... world ready for Mike Leigh in upbeat mood ... term applies to Poppy (Sally Hawkins ... It's the Poppies of this world ... To describe Poppy merely as being ... the new book Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh ...

Article: Happiness is a Mike Leigh film. You don't hear that ...
The Independent on Sunday;  April 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... joy Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh 100 mins, 15 Deeply entrenched ... case if the director is Mike Leigh, whose work - although ... Nothing and Vera Drake. Her Poppy amazes us with her breezy ... probably expecting that Poppy will either have a nasty ...

Article: Mike Leigh gets `Happy'; The often-chilly British ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER Poppy, the flibbertigibbet heroine ... character, but in English filmmaker Mike Leigh's new comedy, she elbows ... enormous heart and depth of soul. Poppy (Sally Hawkins, magnificent ... awful man who barks orders at Poppy and grumbles about her unsuitable ...

Article: Celebrating regular people, warts and all; Director Mike ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... eyes," English filmmaker Mike Leigh once said, "I'd prefer ... The film's protagonist, Poppy, a 30-year-old free spirit ... sleeves up and being positive. Poppy is just such a person. Being ... Colin Covert - 612-673-7186 MIKE LEIGH RETROSPECTIVE Event: Regis ...