Review: 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' directed by Mike Leigh

" Happy-Go-Lucky" is something different from virtuoso British writer-director Mike Leigh. For what feels like the first time in his more than 35 years of bringing an exceptional level of insight and intensity to the exploration of human behavior, Leigh has put a thoroughly happy person front and center in one of his films.

By Kenneth Turan

October 10, 2008