Amazon.co.uk: Girls' Night [1998]: Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Sue Cleaver, Meera Syal, Margo Stanley, Maggie Tagney, Fine Time Fontayne, Philip Jackson (II), George Costigan, Anthony Lewis (IV), Maxine Peake, James Gaddas, Penelope Woodman, Nicholas Lane, Bill Rodgers (II), Nick Hurran: Video

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Girls' Night [1998]
VHS ~ Brenda Blethyn

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Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Sue Cleaver, Meera Syal, Margo Stanley
Directors: Nick Hurran
Format: PAL
Language English
Classification:
Studio: Cinema Club
VHS Release Date: 2 Oct 2000
Run Time: 98 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(6 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004CYGI
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,378 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Girls' Night of the title refers to Friday night, the one time of escape from the daily grind for longstanding best friends and factory co-workers, Dawn and Jackie. And Friday night means bingo. One evening their dream comes true when Dawn (the cautious, caring one) scoops £100,000, but the savage twist in the tale is that even before she gets the cheque she discovers she has an inoperable brain tumour. Cue Jackie (the spontaneous, irresponsible one) fulfilling Dawn's lifetime ambition with a holiday in Las Vegas ("Come on, we've got an hour to get the plane"). And from then on it's a buddy movie with inescapable resonances of Thelma and Louise, though the difference here is that the protagonists are two ordinary middle-aged women. Brenda Blethyn and Julie Walters are a magical pairing, with both giving mesmerising moving performances (honorary mention should also be made of Cody, the one sympathetic male character in the film, magnificently played by Kris Kristofferson). Though death is ever-present, this is by no means a depressing movie; rather the opposite, in fact, with a remarkably upbeat ending. If there's a message to be found here, it's that even the most apparently ordinary people can be extraordinary given the right circumstances.

On the DVD: As well as the original trailer, there is on-location feature

Synopsis
Dawn and Jackie are factory workers whose lives are transformed when Dawn wins a hundred thousand pounds at a Bingo session. Their celebrations are cut short when Dawn discovers she has a brain tumour and only a short time to live. Undaunted, they set off to the glamour and excitement of Las Vegas...

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