‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ did not make me happy
I like to see movies on Friday, when I’m off of work, and ever since I watched a trailer for “Happy-Go-Lucky,” a British comedy from director Mike Leigh about a month ago, I’ve been excitedly waiting for it to hit theaters.
So, when last week I hoofed it down to the Sunshine Cinema for the noon show, first of the day, I was ready to emerge onto the street two hours later bubbly and elated and jubilant and all the other happy words, too. But I didn’t.
Don’t be fooled by the trailer, below. I found the comedy insipid and the main character, Poppy, completely crazy. Take for instance the scene where she walks into a deserted park at night and then follows a homeless man around, trying to engage him in a conversation when he clearly can’t understand her and isn’t making any sense. Why would someone, especially a rather petite woman, put herself in danger like that?
Maybe I’m missing something, because movie critics, from Newsday to The New York Times, all unanimously disagree with me. Oh well.
Now I’m onto hoping for some movie magic from “Synecdoche, New York,” out later this month,
