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U.K. writer-director Sandra Goldbacher's sophomore feature details the friendship of two London girls from their teens into their 40s, a journey that's typically fraught with as much pathos as humor. As much of the film spans the new wave/punk-besotted '80s, it leans handily on some well-chosen pop tracks from the era, including the Normal's pulsing, electro-macabre "Warm Leatherette," "Just Can't Get Enough" by the original Vince Clarke edition of
Depeche Mode, a couple early
Clash tracks, "Another Girl, Another World" by the woefully underrated
Only Ones,
Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World," and
Scritti Politti's "The Sweetest Girl." But it also underscores a diversity that was easily overlooked in the era, with the arty efforts of the
Stranglers ("Skin Deep") and
Nick Drake ("Cello Song") helping map out the film's psychic landscape. The remainder spans everything from
Sonny & Cher and
Tim Buckley to the
Super Furry Animals, with Lucy Street's standout pop ballad "White Horses" emphasizing the score's back-to-the-'80s sensibility in winning fashion.
--Jerry McCulley
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