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Newspaper Page Textmovies ANNE HATHAWAY BY JASON BLAIR Poppy Cross (Sally Hawkins) in Happy-Go- Lucky ROSEMARIE DeWITT BILL IRWIN TUNDE ADEBIMPE MATHER ZICKEL ANNA DEAVERE SMITH AND DEBRA WINGER “GRADE A! A TRIUMPH!“ -Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY A JONATHAN DEMME PICTURE WRITTEN BY JENNY LUMET • PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY JONATHAN DEMME WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM SOUNDTRACK ON LAKESHORE RECORDS BIJOU ART CINEMAS East 13th Ave., NOW PLAYING! 492 Eugene (541) 686-2458 CINEMARK MOVIES 17 2900 Gateway St., Springfield (541) 746-5202 VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.RACHELGETTINGMARRIEDMOVIE.COM "35 $*/&."4 $ 1 &BTUUI sunday IUUQCJKPVDJOFNBTDPN "EWFSUJTFPOPVS#*(4$3&&/*UhTGVOBOEFõFDUJWF 'PSUIFXFFLPG'SJEBZ /PWFNCFSUI $ 3 tickets A film by Mike Leigh 2 1 tuesday f o r ",/7 Sing Out ฀ Meet Poppy Cross, London’s chirpiest bird HAPPY-GO-LUCKY : Written and Directed by Mike Leigh. Cinematography, Dick Pope. Music, Gary Yershon. Starring Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and Alexis Zegerman. Miramax, 2008. R. 118 minutes. 44442 A mid the sedans and scooters of North London bicycles Poppy (Sally Hawkins), the irrepressible schoolteacher who propels Happy-Go- Lucky. The scene, like its star, is jubilant; Poppy may as well be cycling through the south of France. Onward she glides, a rainbow of yellows and blues in a world of cinder and brick. When her bicycle is stolen a few moments later, you expect the skies above Poppy to darken. A brief pout, perhaps, or a bit of foul language. Instead she says with joy undiminished, “I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye.” There’s cheerful, and then there’s Poppy, a 30-year-old pixie so ebullient that you can’t help wondering if, like some tiny woodland creature, she keeps moving to avoid being preyed upon by the darker forces of nature. Not so. Mike Leigh, the acclaimed writer/director of Naked and Vera Drake, has created another partially improvised triumph that, while far less bleak than his other dramas, places the same emphasis on a central character rather than traditional plot. The story of Happy-Go-Lucky is Poppy, one of the most realized ﬁ lm characters to appear in many years. In real life, Poppy is the stranger to whom you avoid saying too much, primarily out of fear that once she starts, she won’t quit. And Poppy is quite a gabber, especially in places where nobody talks, like independent bookstores and chiropractors’ waiting rooms. But in the hands of Sally Hawkins, Poppy is a trampolining free spirit, an agreeable if highly distractable woman who makes a great teacher but a horrible pupil. Such is the case with her weekly driving lessons, which she takes about as seriously as eating ice cream. A hugger and a kisser, Poppy is at her best around dullards, the overly serious, highly defensive types who are ideological, stupid or both. Poppy’s driving instructor Scott (Eddie Marsan, The Illusionist) ﬁ ts the bill. In one of three encounters that test Poppy’s disposition — an abused student and a homeless man provide the others — Scott reveals himself as a deeply disturbed man who craves love but will resort to violence for it. Poppy’s response is nothing short of heroic. The profoundly gifted Hawkins pushes Poppy through a series of emotions that is as stunning for its range as for its subtlety. The scene is tender, heartbreaking and miraculous. Happy-Go-Lucky is a ﬁ lm about pre- serving a bearing, about maintaining a temperament that is at odds with the crush and ﬂ ow of the world but which, in Mike Leigh’s stunning vision of female survival, brings light to the dark places in which we live. Like me, you may ﬁ nd Happy-Go- Lucky slow to establish itself. You may also ﬁ nd yourself waiting for some terrible tragedy to befall Poppy, as ﬁ lms are nothing if not adept at bending themselves to our worst expectations. Leigh, in creating his best ﬁ lm since Naked, does the opposite. By the end of Happy-Go-Lucky, Poppy is stronger and wiser and more at ease in the world. For once, the good girls win. ew Happy-Go-Lucky opens Friday, Nov. 14, at the Bijou. ฀฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ R Give Bijou Gift Certificates for the Holidays! Anne Hathaway A JONATHAN DEMME FILM TUESDAY NOV. 18 - MONDAY NOV. 24: SCREEN 1: TROPIC THUNDER 5:45, 7:45; GONZO 9:45 SCREEN 2: GONZO 5:45, 7:45; TROPIC THUNDER 9:45 “NO LONGER SNEAKING BEER INTO THE MOVIES SINCE 2008” ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ R Next: Filth & Wisdom Starting 11/18... Two for Tuesdays! Buy one admission, get one free! Adv. 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ANNA R [11:35] 3:00, 6:45, 10:05 THE DARK KNIGHT PG13 [11:55] 2:00, 4:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 BURN AFTER READING R [12:05] 2:35, 4:50, 7:35, 9:55 THE HOUSE BUNNY PG13 [12:00] 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 CITY OF EMBER PG [11:50] 4:40, 9:40 TROPIC THUNDER R [12:40] 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 MAMMA MIA! PG13 2:10, 7:05 WALL-E G [11:40, 12:50] 2:20, 3:50, 5:00, 6:50, 7:55, 9:25, 10:25 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS R [12:30] 4:20, 7:45, 10:20 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH PG [12:20] 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Cinéarts RACHEL GETTING MAR- RIED R 1:45, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 CHANGELING R 11:55, 3:15, 7:05, 10:20 [ ] = FRI THRU SUN ONLY © 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY NOVEMBER 13 , 2008 23