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POPPY – Review by Lois Alter Mark

November 9, 2022August 19, 2023 Lois Alter Mark ari boylan, down syndrome, libby hunsdale, Linda Niccol, poppy

If you’re thinking you really don’t need to see one more movie about a teenage girl, well, you do. It’s called Poppy and it’s not what you’re expecting. Sure, the 19-year-old title character (Libby Hunsdale) loves dancing in front of the mirror in her bedroom and has a penchant for music, cars and TV dating shows. She also has Down syndrome.

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POPPY (Slamdance 2022) – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Linda Niccol, new zealand films, poppy, Slamdance 2022

Poppy has Down Syndrome. Which, in Linda Niccol’s New Zealand set romcom Poppy, seems to be an issue for everyone else in the film except for its eponymous character herself. The Poppy that she knows – and who we delight in getting to know – is just a young woman who likes to dance in front of her bedroom mirror, watch dating reality TV and dreams of getting behind the wheel of the car by herself.

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Women On Film – The Week In Women, February 27, 2009 – MaryAnn Johanson

February 27, 2009 MaryAnn Johanson alliance of women film journalists, glenn close, happy go lucky, katie holmes, madea, maryann johanson, mike leigh, poppy, sally hawkins, the week in women, tyler perry, women film critics, Women on Film

How to garner Hollywood’s approval: Bake cookies, be gorgeous–or ugly!–and, whatever else you do, don’t be your own person. It’s