Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky, 2008. A relentlessly cheerful school teacher takes driving lessons from an angry man.

Written & directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Sally Hawkins.

Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: C
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: Very well-written. The main characters are extremes to an almost ridiculous degree, but are still completely real. They're the sort of characters that you might often see in real life, but wouldn't normally accept in a movie because they're too perfectly suited to be Entertaining Movie Characters, and because most writers wouldn't know how to make them more than a bundle of quirks. B

GPA: 3.1/4