Lead character reminds of Poppy in Happy Go Lucky.

Frances isn't nearly as indefatigably "sunny" as Poppy was - she's very aware of her awkward position in life. Go see it!

I don't think you should see this movie. it might annoy you. And I wouldn't want to upset your sensibilities.

The movie is good, but Frances is interminably annoying. Be forewarned.

Poppy is a lot more irritating than Frances. Frances doesn't have quite such a bad case of verbal diarrhea, she still has it but she's an average case, Poppy is well and truly the liquid, sh*tting through the eye of a needle kind. But in this film there's no weirdo driving instructor that needs to be aggravated.

Yeah she did kind of remind me of Poppy actually although she's definitely less annoying. Having said that I didnt find Poppy annoying at all.

I haven't seen either film but had been thinking that they sounded similar without reading any comparisons and was actually coming to this board to start a thread on the topic when I saw this one. I suspect if anyone says "I would go to this film except it's black and white" they should rent out Happy Go Lucky instead.

They aren't remotely similar. Hope you saw it.

The same thought came to mind upon seeing the trailer. Upon seeing the actual film, however, I personally find Frances way more annoying than Poppy. I can see why the latter gets on some people's nerves, but for me, Sally Hawkins was absolutely adorable and hilarious in that film. I don't dislike Greta Gerwig in this film, but I don't find the character of Frances anywhere near as endearing or likable as Poppy.

It was really all those meandering, pointless scenes of her just chit chatting with friends that really bored and annoyed the shit out of me. In fact, that's pretty much my feeling on the film as a whole, meandering and meaningless. Happy-Go-Lucky is a good example of a meandering, plotless, slice-of-life movie done right, this is not.