Career Girls

Leigh’s shortest cinema work and perhaps his most underrated, Career Girls grows from perky little trifle into something far more poignant. When Annie visits London to spend a weekend with old mate Hannah, memories of the pair’s days in a chaotic bedsit tumble back to mind. Leigh’s snappy comedy brims with contrasts, from hectic young lives to presentday pretence as high-end real-estate shoppers. Annie and Hannah may have tamed their tics, but they’re still finding their paths in life. A gorgeous reflection on friendship and the ways people change yet stay the same.