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26 June 1998 (UK) moreTagline:
Life's a Gamble morePlot:
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Not typically British moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brenda Blethyn | ... | Dawn Wilkinson |
 | Julie Walters | ... | Jackie Simpson |
 | Sue Cleaver | ... | Rita |
| Meera Syal | ... | Carmen |
| Margo Stanley | ... | Irene |
| Maggie Tagney | ... | Anne Marie |
| Fine Time Fontayne | ... | Ken (as Finetime Fontayne) |
 | Philip Jackson | ... | Dave Simpson |
| George Costigan | ... | Steve Wilkinson |
 | Anthony Lewis | ... | Mathew |
 | Maxine Peake | ... | Sharon |
| James Gaddas | ... | Paul |
| Penelope Woodman | ... | Christine |
| Nicholas Lane | ... | Bingo Checker |
| Bill Rodgers | ... | Removal Man |
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Originally made in 1997 and intended to be shown only on ITV in the UK. However it was subsequently decided to release it worldwide as a cinema film. It was first shown on ITV on 14 April 1999, after its cinema release. moreSoundtrack:
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Northern accents and wide-eyed astonishment at Las Vegas aside, you could be forgiven that this was a Hollywood weepie rather than the working-class British drama it pretends to be. Brenda Blethyn's and (particularly) Julie Walters' performances are detailed and superb, but the cloying sentimentality (including some sick-making talk of angels) is heaped on to the extent that the film becomes tedious rather than sympathetic.
The first half of Girls' Night is enjoyable for its sheer joie de vivre in the face of serious illness, but after around 45 minutes this is lost in a sea of half-baked ideas, repetitive emotional 'scenes' and irritating semi-fairytale romances which upset the previously realistic atmosphere of the piece.
Other than the performances, something of a shapeless disappointment.