Sri Lanka

Jennings 2022-03-22 09:02:25

Although his first comedy, it still hides the dark tones of Mike Leigh's customary realism behind the comedy. Despair is revealed in comedy, sadness is revealed in Lotte's laugh-to-finish performance, and the requirements for the heroine are quite high; in fact, the heroine is also quite well done.

The plot of the film is bold. Although many things have not changed from the beginning to the end. There is another important theme in the film beneath the optimistic and independent personality of Poppy. People cannot understand each other. Whether it is between poppy and scott, or between the few people in the story of the helen family, there is a gap that is difficult to eliminate. The easiest thing to notice is that everyone doesn't understand the protagonist poppy. But even if you understand poppy, even if it is poppy, facing that homeless man, isn't it just like other people watching poppy, what you hear is just meaningless repetition and you know that repeats because of the loneliness that is not understood.

Of course, you can also choose not to be alone. Then as scott said, accept the same worldview they taught you, and then keep going up to become a policeman, a lawyer, a government official...

like the last scene, everyone is like sitting in an independent small On the boat, floating on the river. With any luck, there will be another person on your boat.

Other aspects of the film are relatively mediocre. Of course, the language style of British cinema has always been funny to me...

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Happy-Go-Lucky quotes

  • Poppy: Where are you going?

    Tramp: Longest way out, shortest way home.

    Poppy: Oh, Sod's Law.

    Tramp: [whispering very softly] Is he gone?

    Poppy: Alright, you what?

    Tramp: [moves towards Poppy urgently, whispering] Is he gone?

    Poppy: Ease up! What?

    Tramp: [whispering urgently] Is he gone? Is he gone?

    Poppy: Is who gone?

    Tramp: [whispering] The rubber knocker man.

    Poppy: What?

    Tramp: [whispering with emphasis] The rubber knocker man.

    Poppy: Oh, the rubber knocker man! Why didn't you say?

    Tramp: [whispering urgently] Is he gone? Is he gone?

    Poppy: Yah yah, yah. He's gone, he's gone.

    [playing along, looking behind her]

    Poppy: I see him. He's a-running. He's a-rubbing his knockers. He's gone.

  • Zoe: So where did you go tonight?

    Poppy: Eternal question. Where have we been? Where are we going? What's the meaning of life? I went to the moon, and then back again.

    Zoe: Wow, you walk quickly.

    Poppy: I've got good legs.

    Zoe: Yeah, you've got great legs. Not that you're my type.