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  • Actors: Kevin McNally, Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer
  • Directors: Mel Smith
  • Writers: Darren Boyd, Kim Fuller, Georgia Pritchett
  • Producers: Barnaby Thompson, Kim Fuller, Nicky Kentish Barnes, Uri Fruchtmann
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Touchstone Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005U1XD
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,954 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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With its limp efforts to mix comedy and drama, High Heels and Low Lifes is in many ways a faltering attempt to combine the most successful aspects of recent British cinema. Directed by Mel Smith (whose The Tall Guy 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 Thelma & Louise feel, but falls some way short of the mark.

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 Grosse Pointe Blank). Indeed, its female leads aside, the cast is almost predominantly assembled from British television comedy shows, with Mark Williams from The Fast Show and Big Train's Danny Dyer acquitting themselves particularly well. Overall, though, it's not an awful lot to write home about.

On the DVD: High Heels and Low Lifes 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. --Phil Udell

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
High Heels Featurette
Audio Commentary With Mel Smith And Kim Fuller
Action Overload
English


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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely one to watch if you're willing to laugh - a lot!, 15 May 2002
By clairepicton@yahoo.com (Hertfordshire, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: High Heels & Low Lifes [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
Take a nurse, with a boyfriend who'd rather listen in on others' telephone conversations, and an out of work actor, who are short on money but have plenty of brains; add some bank robbers who are short of brains but have plenty of money. What do you get? A funny, but action-packed film that will get you laughing so much you'll have to watch it again - to catch the important (but tiny) aspects of the plot that you missed whilst you were laughing.

The box of tissues might come in handy too, if you cry when you laugh hard.

A great British film, maybe comparable to 'A fish called Wanda'.

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blew me away! Loved every moment! Not to be missed!!, 19 Jul 2002
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!

But 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.

The 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.

I 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.

My advice is: just go and watch it! You will not regret it! Don't let his gem slip by you!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars JUST IN CASE, 18 Aug 2007
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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.
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