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| High Heels And Low Lifes [2001] | ![High Heels And Low Lifes [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V39C8JNXL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Mel Smith
Actors: Kevin Mcnally, Minnie Driver, Mary Mccormack, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer
Studio: Touchstone Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15756
Format: Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 85 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017188883955
ASIN: B00005U1XD
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 2002
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With its limp efforts to mix comedy and drama, IHigh Heels and Low Lifes/I is in many ways a faltering attempt to combine the most successful aspects of recent British cinema. Directed by Mel Smith (whose IThe Tall Guy/I was unarguably a fine film), the movie tries to work the modern gangster genre into a more farcical setting. By basing his film on the story of two friends Frances (Mary McCormack) and Shannon (Minnie Driver), Smith is aiming for a IThelma Louise/I feel, but falls some way short of the mark. p Having literally stumbled into a local bank robbery, the pair devise a plan to blackmail the gang behind the heist--a plan that descends into a rather predictable farce. McCormack certainly makes energetic use of the limited material she has to work with, and while kudos must go to Driver for picking a low-budget British film, she simply has been much better in her Hollywood work (notably the more understated humour of IGrosse Pointe Blank/I). Indeed, its female leads aside, the cast is almost predominantly assembled from British television comedy shows, with Mark Williams from IThe Fast Show/I and IBig Train/I's Danny Dyer acquitting themselves particularly well. Overall, though, it's not an awful lot to write home about. p BOn the DVD:/B IHigh Heels and Low Lifes/I the DVD, like the film itself, is fairly average. The soundtrack (a vibrant mix of old and new) certainly sounds good and Smith's snappy visual style is well represented. The special features, however, fail to offer us anything particularly new or exciting, featuring the now standard featurette, audio commentary from Smith and writer Kim Fuller, and a peculiar thing called an "action overload"--essentially the trailer without the voiceover. --IPhil Udell/I
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 Daftly brilliant April 21, 2008
This is a minor gem, a daftly brilliant British comedy which never aspires to be anything more than Brit-gangster meets Ealing comedy. In the classic Ealing tradition, it trades heavily on the uniquely British comedic possibilities of a series of deceptions which spiral out of control, with increasingly unsustainable impersonations.br /br /For some reason, the British fascination with identity comedy doesn't travel well, and unlike Hugh-Grant floppy haired romanticism, or anarchic Pythonism, these kind of films never seem to get good write ups. Amazon's own review (and also the Radio Times one), in my view, reflect this more than they reflect the film itself.br /br /Anyway, I've watched this film twice, and fully intend to watch it five or six times more. It's charming, energetic, fun, and just on this side of believable. If you enjoy this film, you might also consider watching 'The Steal' and 'Blame it on the Bellboy'.br /br /--br /br /PS: It's also touching in the simplicity of its research: at the end of the film, a million pounds (with something left over) is enough to equip a new casualty unit including buying an MRI scanner -- and that in 2001. If only they knew how much stuff really cost.
Brilliant girlie send up.. February 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a brilliant girlie send up of Lock stock and two smoking barrels. It is a comedy. It is very funny and is also an action movie with a plot that just might, with a leap of imagination, get near to what the reality could be! The ineptitude of the villains makes them more real not less, and their menacing brutality all the more fun. The girls run rings round them through a combination of luck, circumstance and quick thinking. If you want to be entertained, buy this movie.
JUST IN CASE August 18, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dud it certainly isn`t, very very funny, typical of Mel Smith. It does have a limited audience appeal ie. if you don`t have a sense of humour don`t watch, but, if like me you love to laugh get your hands on a copy now. I love the ending, it is in perfect harmony with the whole film.
 a dud March 24, 2004
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
The directing is amateurish, the film is utterly lacking in atmosphere, and the interview with Mel Smith, in which at one point he compares himself to Alfred Hitchcock, is embarrassing. Brownie points to the cast for putting on a brave face and doing their best.
Blew me away! Loved every moment! Not to be missed!! July 19, 2002
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Ok I was kinda forced to watch this in the cinema by my female friend. I have to admit I bought the ticket thinking what have I let myself in for!pBut hey I loved every moment. It made my laugh, cry and had plenty of suspense to keep the average viewer glued. It had big guns and shooting for the boys and lipstick glamour for the girls! it really is a laugh out loud comedy for all. pThe plot is solid and the characters are played perfectly by the talented actors. This movie really deserved to be a box office smash and has firmly become one of my favouraite movies.pI made my cousin buy me the DVD for my birthday and it was still as good as I remembered if not better! The features were good and informative, but the film alone would have been enough.pMy advice is: just go and watch it! You will not regret it! Don't let his gem slip by you! brxxxx
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