Happy-Go-Lucky is a film about the primary school teacher Poppy. (I wish I had a teacher like her!) There’s not much of a plot in the movie. Poppy gets her bicycle stolen, she learns (not very successfully) to drive a car and to dance flamenco, she jumps on trampoline and meets various people along the way. She is 30 years old, she is incredibly optimistic and at first does not seem to be in touch with “real” life (in the bookstore, Poppy checks out the book The Road to Reality and puts it back saying “don’t want to go there”). She is single, she has no mortgage and she doesn’t care about pension. She is happy and tries to make other people happy too. In the end, rather predictably, she starts dating a nice bloke, social worker (while I was hoping she’ll go out with the doctor who fixed her back.) The colours (especially of Poppy’s clothes) are bold and the dialogue is brilliant. A joy to watch.
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