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Happy Go Lucky Review
By David Fear
Time Out New York
Excerpt, Film
October 9, 2008
Her real name is Pauline (Hawkins), but everyone calls her Poppy, and no nickname could describe her better. A schoolteacher in London, Poppy possesses an Energizer Bunny enthusiasm for life; even a stolen bike can't derail her optimistic outlook. She's so relentlessly cheery that you might miss the telling moment when, discussing work with her best mate (Zegerman), Poppy admits that negligent parenting "makes me so angry." A microflicker of rage appears before she snaps back to default mode; with one small expression, the actor reveals just how complex this little Ms. Sunshine is. Happiness is Poppy's protective shell against the world. Without that aggressive glass-half-full attitude, she might be consumed by the tsunami of negativity washing upon her...
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