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Career Girls

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Career Girls
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R,1hr 27min
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August 8, 1997
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20th Century Fox
Synopsis: Mike Leigh's first film after his international success Secrets and Lies was this comedy-drama about two former college roommates spending a weekend together -- the first time they've seen each other in six years. As teenagers, Annie (Lynda Steadman) was painfully shy, terribly nervous (so much so that it manifested itself in a severe facial rash) and in desperate need of self-esteem. Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge), on the other hand, had strong opinions about everything and a habit of blurting them out ... Full Synopsis
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Less wrenching and emotionally involving than his masterful Secrets and Lies, Mike Leigh's Career Girls is nonetheless an engrossing character study of two former friends and the differences that time and distance have wrought upon their friendship. There's a rueful melancholy and bittersweetness to Career Girls, and at first the viewer supposes this is due to regrets engendered by the awkwardness ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Richard 'Ricky' Burton, Ricky
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