P544 CEEFAX 2 544 Sat 20 Sip 01:55/57 O 1/2 CAREER GIRLS (15) (UK) 86 mink ——————————————————————————————————————— Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman ——————————————————————————————————————— Wisely, Mike Leigh hasn't attempted to top Secrets and Lies. This is deliberately a much smaller enterprise. The film studies the relationship between two young women — the brittle, aggressive Cartlidge and the initially edgy and painfully shy Steadman. They meet first as student flatmates, then later, six years after graduation, at a getting-to-know-you-again weekend. A-Z 599 TV Reviews 595 Top 40 565 NextRjv Showbiz Switch On Main MenuP544 CEEFAX 2 544 Sat 20 Sip 01:55/33 2/2 CAREER GIRLS (15) (UK) 86 mink ——————————————————————————————————————— This is a film that relies heavily and yet naturally on coincidence as the now more mature women encounter various people neither had seen for years. This is essentially a two-dander in which there gradually emerges a portrait of two young women. Neither of them at first are attractive, but in their different ways are both vulnerable and trying to hide it. It's one of Mike Leigh's familiar slices of life and is very well acted. CAREER GIRLS opens September 19 A-Z 599 TV Reviews 595 Top 40 565 NextRjv Showbiz Switch On Main Menu