Mike Leigh's spirited new movie about a sweet-tempered schoolteacher is both humane and real. By Peter Rainer | Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor from the October 10, 2008 edition This feature requires a newer version of Macromedia Flash Player and javascript-enabled browser. Film critic Peter Rainer talks about director Mike Leigh's latest work, 'Happy-Go-Lucky.' Few directors provide as much elation as Mike Leigh when he's at the top of his game. I'm not talking about the airhead happiness that often passes for exhilaration in the movies. The high spirits in Leigh's films do not discount the dangers of this world, and for this reason, their spiritedness is all the more valuable and hard-won. He's a starry-eyed realist. The funny-sad "Happy-Go-Lucky" is not quite on a level with Leigh's best – which, for me, would...
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