By Manohla Dargis Happy-Go-Lucky Directed by Mike Leigh (Britain) * Reviewed by Manohla Dargis * If you know the British filmmaker Mike Leigh's work - early and later titles like "Bleak Moments,""Naked" and "Vera Drake" - you may find yourself watching his most recent movie, "Happy-Go-Lucky," with mounting unease, a tinge of dread.

By Harlan Jacobson TORONTO -- British writer/director Mike Leigh has made films about ordinary working-class families coping with bulimia, abortion, interracial adoption, Gilbert & Sullivan and all sorts of ordinary madness.

By Jonathan Romney Film The veteran British director has taken a break from the grimmer side of life, and has created an ode to joy Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh 100 mins, 15 Deeply entrenched cynicism, born of years as a critic, has taught me one thing.