Katrin Cartlidge in Career Girls (1997)

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As far as best friends go, gals seem better at forming lifelong bonds of affection than do guys, as proven by the titular pair of entwined birds whose antics and apprehensions provide the action and reflection of Career Girls (1997). The emotional and intellectual pairing of these two women is delicately and deliberately rendered, with an uncharacteristic sweetness, by renowned British director of despair Mike Leigh. The friendship jumps from the college years over a six-year stretch of no contact and lands intact in the adult world of London. Will the grownup schoolmates survive an intense weekend of profound rekindling and revelation?