But the opening of "Happy-Go-Lucky" demands that we trust Leigh. He's too complex, and too openhearted, a filmmaker to give us a character that facile, and all you have to do is watch Poppy, ...

In Mike Leigh's marvelous comedy Happy-Go-Lucky, a London schoolteacher tackles life's everyday travails with a good dose of the giggles. Film critic David Edelstein reviews.

Sally Hawkins was the essence of faith and optimism in "Happy-Go-Lucky," filmmaker Mike Leigh's comic drama that won her a Golden Globe two years ago.