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Good heavens. I never heard of any of those.

No, not really, it’s an ok film but quite unsatisfying. I’m not sure what it was trying to say, it seemed to be setting up for some kind of point about the nature of happiness or the psychology of optimistic and pessimistic people and how they react to circumstances and each other, but it almost seemed like they forgot to make that part of the film.

As for whether it’s annoying, that depends whether you find relentless cheerfulness annoying or not. For me, the feeling that I wanted something painful to happen to her only increased throughout the film.

Great film.

Mike Leigh plays with people’s pre-conceived notions of what to expect with just another Mike Leigh film. Excellent performances from Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsden.

Give it another go.

It’s being plugged for showing this week on Film4 here in the Yu Kay.

She does look quite huggable.

Mike Leigh fucks up occasionally (I certainly never did so I can say this…)
Try “Nuts in May” Killingly hilarious.

Use a screenwriter, tell the method acting CLUNTS to learn their lines and not bump into the furniture, LOOK, Mike Leigh is GOD NUMBER ONE because of Naked. NAKED BY MIKE LEIGH and THEWLIS, 1993, the David, and that poor lady actor who died from drugs young, Karen Cartilege, RIP, Lesley too and all the other actors, it’s totally amazing. Please watch it. markramsden.co.uk

Oh I just watched it. There is a half decent film about not realising how priveliged you are trying to get out. And it is very much a London film. Not sure it would make sense anywhere else. The City is the star, and the realisation that at some point between the ages of 20 and 40 (if you didn’t know it already) you realise that the city isn’t just your playground.

Graham, Sir, there is much wisdom in what you say but if you happen to have survived about a quarter of a century, in this dreadful kharsi known as
‘Lon Don, doing time under heavy skies’ Martin Amis, Money, then a ‘London’ film is quite medicinal.

‘Not sure it would make sense anywhere else.” that’s why us immigrants come here, to get away from even more dreadful places. Please don’t take this an argument prong I just wanted to ‘shoot the breeze’ as our American pals says…

and I’m still laughing at your ‘Isle 0f Sheppey” comment, from months back…

It is. Unbelievably. Bad.

The female character is a giggling moron whose friends are all giggling morons, and the only promising character, the driving instructor, ends up a grotesque caricature.

Oh god yeah, she’s supposed to be a teacher. …the idea that she could manage being a teacher, and the depiction of her in her job is a complete f***ing joke.

that’s why us immigrants come here, to get away from even more dreadful places.

I’m not arguing. London is a great place if you are young and solvent. But eventually you notice the tramps and the disadvantaged kids and the neurotic driving instructors clamping desperatly to a conspiracy theory in order to make sense of it all (or as we call them “Spiked”)

I found Happy-Go-Lucky an intensely annoying film, although I can’t speak with any great authority: I only watched the first scene. But by the end of it I had formed an intense hatred for the perky chirpy bubbly woman, while strongly sympathizing with the grouchy bookseller who, despite making it plain that he didn’t want to talk, suffered a prolonged bludgeoning at her hands. And that was it! There was no other point to the scene. Now, if it had ended with the bookseller picking up the heaviest book in the shop and hitting her repeatedly on the head with it until she was unconscious, I would have continued watching.

I had to give up three movie picking turns (as punishment) after forcing my partner sit through beginning to end because I was convinced a plot would develop at some point. It didn’t. Although we do occasionally have a laugh in the car about En-Ra-Ha

Try “A Sense of History”. A minor masterpiece:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C678AAB4C1F12D1B&search_query=a+sense+of+history

I just got to know some of those films in your list. Happy Go Lucky is a good film though

Actually I thought Happy Go Lucky was quite good. Maybe you should watch it again!

Thanks for list of films .
i offer a film for us, like thats ;
The Pursuit of Happyness

watch it , you will not regret

Sally Hawkins is a very good actress and I think she does give a good performance in this film. Personally, I didn’t like the film, but I felt it was more down to the plot and script rather than the performances.

I’d say, at least try to get through the second and third scenes. Writing a film off after one scene is a bit like giving up on something just because you didn’t succeed first time. Stay with it for half an hour and see how you get on.

Matt