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((short description|1997 Mike Leigh film))
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((Infobox film
| name           = Career Girls
| image          = Career girls poster.jpg
| caption        = US theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Mike Leigh]]
| producer       = [[Simon Channing Williams]]
| writer         = Mike Leigh
| starring       = ((Plainlist|
* [[Katrin Cartlidge]]
* Lynda Steadman
* [[Mark Benton]]
* Kate Byers
* [[Andy Serkis]]
* Joe Tucker
))
| music          = ((Plainlist|
* [[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]]
* Tony Remy
))
| cinematography = Dick Pope
| editing        = Robin Sales
| studio         = [[Thin Man Films]]
| distributor    = [[Film4 Productions|FilmFour Distributors]]
| released       = ((Film date|df=y|1997|6|1|New Zealand|1997|9|19|United Kingdom))
| runtime        = 87 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          = $3.1 million ((small|(US/UK)))
))
'''''Career Girls''''' is a 1997 British [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[Mike Leigh]] which tells the story of two women, who reunite after six years apart. The film stars [[Katrin Cartlidge]] and Lynda Steadman. The women were originally thrown together when they shared a flat while at university and the film focuses on their [[interpersonal relationship]].

==Plot==
In 1996, Annie is on the train to London to spend the weekend with Hannah, her flatmate when at polytechnic (the [[University of North London#Polytechnic of North London|Polytechnic of North London]]) six years earlier.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://usf.usfca.edu/pj/articles/CareerGirls.htm |title=Career Girls: Leigh rests on his laurels |first=Elizabeth |last=Friedman |publisher=University of San Francisco |date=February 1998 |accessdate=2 April 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121211133950/usf.usfca.edu/pj/articles/CareerGirls.htm#selection-39.12-41.26 |archivedate=11 December 2012 |df=dmy-all ))</ref> Hannah laments about her alcoholic mother, and Annie talks about her mother's search for a new boyfriend. Annie, who still lives with her mother, admires Hannah's independence. In contrast, Hannah laments being forced to be independent since she was a child.

Back in 1986, Hannah and Claire interview and accept Annie into their flat. Annie and Hannah discuss getting rid of Claire the next year. Hannah and Annie discuss how Hannah hasn't cried since she was eight, when her parents split up. Annie, whose parents also divorced when she was eight, says she cries all the time. The following year, Ricky Burton, a socially awkward person who stutters, has temporarily moved in with Hannah and Annie after being kicked out by his landlord. While discussing psychological traits with them in a pub, Ricky's untactful probing angers Hannah. While Ricky visits the Chinese takeaway beneath the flat, Annie and Hannah discuss the argument and how Ricky fancies Annie. In another memory, Ricky drunkenly confesses his love for Annie, but Annie says she's in love with someone else. Ricky leaves and doesn't reappear, so Hannah and Annie travel to his grandmother's home in [[Hartlepool]]. She tells them that Ricky has gone out, possibly along the seafront, so they go to look for him there.

In the present, Annie accompanies Hannah as she looks for a flat to buy. One flat is owned by a Mr Evans, whose flat contains a painting of his naked ex-girlfriend and pornographic magazines. Evans hits on Hannah and offers both women alcoholic drinks. They run out of the flat making excuses, and are still laughing as they drive off. At the next flat, Adrian Spinks, an [[estate agent]], meets them. Annie realises he is an old college boyfriend, but Adrian says he doesn't recognise them. In between their conversations, flashbacks show Hannah and Annie's history with Adrian. After meeting him at a club, Hannah takes Adrian home and sleeps with him. The following morning, he walks into Annie's room and tries to chat her up. In other flashbacks, Annie tells Adrian about a recurring sexual fantasy. Later, they kiss and discuss why he split up with his ex-girlfriend: Adrian says he didn't want the commitment, and leaves when Annie asks why.

In the present, Hannah and Annie learn that Adrian is married with a child. At a Chinese restaurant, Annie and Hannah discuss how they have changed since university and wonder what happened to Ricky. Annie says she hadn't stopped thinking about Adrian for ten years. Hannah says she was hurt by the situation back then but said she didn't say anything because she knew that Annie was in love with him. In a flashback, Annie and Hannah cry and hug as they pack, preparing to leave their flat at the end of their four years at university.

At the present-day dinner, Hannah recalls being overwhelmed upon meeting Annie's kind family, as opposed to her own [[dysfunctional family]]. They see their old flatmate Claire jogging on [[Primrose Hill]], and discuss the coincidence of seeing two old acquaintances in one afternoon. They decide to visit their old flat, and there spot Ricky sitting on the steps outside the Chinese takeaway, holding a toy elephant. He seems angry and delirious, and tells them he arrived from Hartlepool the previous day. He says the toy is for his son, but the mother won't admit that the child is his. He tells them that his grandmother died, and, when Annie asks where he lives, responds that they don't care. They leave.

In a flashback to their visit to Hartlepool, they find Ricky by the sea. His health, both mental and physical, has deteriorated. He is babbling and no longer the charming witty stutterer. Hannah and Annie ask how he is. He shouts and swears at them that he doesn't care. They chase after him. He is verbally abusive. He screams at them to leave him alone. Later, both Hannah and Annie are moved to tears at his pitiful condition.

In the present, they return to the railway station, where they say goodbye to one another.

==Cast==
* [[Katrin Cartlidge]] as Hannah Mills
* Lynda Steadman as Annie
* Kate Byers as Claire
* Joe Tucker as Adrian Spinks
* [[Mark Benton]] as Ricky Burton
* [[Andy Serkis]] as Mr. Evans
==Release==
The film was screened privately at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 1997 and released in New Zealand in June.<ref name=varrev/>
==Reception==
''Career Girls'' received sceptical reviews on its release in the United Kingdom.<ref name=monty/> It has an 88% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Outwardly modest but carried along by Mike Leigh's deft direction, ''Career Girls'' gradually accumulates power as a study of shared history."<ref>((cite web|title=Career Girls (1997)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/career_girls|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=2021-01-17))</ref> According to [[Metacritic]], which sampled 25 critics and calculated a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average score]] of 76 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews".<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/career-girls|title=Career Girls Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[Red Ventures]]|access-date=2021-01-17))</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it one of Leigh's "most modest pictures, although one that offers quite a few laughs and other quirky pleasures."<ref name=varrev>((cite magazine|author-link=Todd McCarthy|first=Todd|last=McCarthy|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Film reviews: Career Girls|date=30 May 1997|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/career-girls-1117341275/|access-date=28 December 2023))</ref>

The film opened in the United Kingdom on 19 September 1997 and grossed £84,938 in its opening weekend from 22 screens.<ref name=monty>((cite magazine|title=UK's mighty Monty|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=26 September 1997|page=51|last=Scott|first=Mary))</ref> After five weeks of release in the UK it had grossed £425,671 ($689,000).<ref>((cite magazine|title=Wilde King|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=24 October 1997|page=27|last=Scott|first=Mary))</ref> It grossed $2,416,734 in the United States and Canada.<ref>((Mojo title|careergirls))</ref>

==Awards and nominations==

*'''[[European Film Awards]]'''
**Nominated: [[European Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress – Leading Role]] (Katrin Cartlidge)
*'''[[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]'''
**'''Won''': Best Actress (Katrin Cartlidge)
*'''[[Valladolid International Film Festival|Valladolid Film Festival]]''' (Spain)
**'''Won''': [[Silver Spike]] (Mike Leigh; tied with ''[[Cosas que dejé en La Habana]]'')
**'''Won''': Youth Jury Award – Special Mention Competition (Mike Leigh)
**Nominated: [[Golden Spike]] (Mike Leigh)

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb title|0118818))
* ((Mojo title|careergirls))
* ((AllMovie title|155022))
* ((Rotten Tomatoes|career_girls))

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