High Heels And Low Lifes (DVD) Reviews

This film centres on two women (Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack) who overhear a robbery and decide to blackmail the robbers for as much money as they can get. They then bumble through money drops and threatening the gangsters, eventually being threatened themselves. This is a British film directed by Mel Smith and nearly all of the cast are ...  Read the complete review

High heels and low lifes. Thanks to Stella Screen Premiere Club, I was privileged enough to receive two tickets to the premiere of this movie. I struggled to find enthusiasm, as I am not a huge fan of British movies. It is not often I am forced to exuberate laughter at a volume that may be heard by others in the next screen ...  Read the complete review

I really did like this film. I can't remember why I went to see it - I think we couldn't get into something else so we ended up buying tickets for it. I usually like Minnie Driver anyway. It was big and it was clever. Oh, and it was funny too. The film revolves around two slightly daft women who accidentally overhear ...  Read the complete review

High Heels and Low Lives 2001 High Heels and Low Lives is a very strange film, almost to the point of being bizarre, yet manages to remain interesting and entertaining. Almost unsure of itself, the film skips and jumps in and out of genres, often confusing the viewer. One minute you think you're watching a Comedy, the next ...  Read the complete review

The best friends Shannon (Minnie Driver) a nurse and Frances (Mary McCormack) an unsuccessful American actress stuck in London. Oneday, they overhear two criminals discussing a multi-million pound bank heist and they life changes.They decide decide to take advantage of the situation. Down on their luck, they are ...  Read the complete review

Minnie Driver (I just love that name!) and Mary McCormack star as the two London-based best friends, who stumble into the world of bank robberies, blackmail, and ambushes. It is a little bit like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but also, as has been mentioned in several reviews, quite like a Bridget Jones version of it. So... ...  Read the complete review

A nurse ( Minnie Driver) and a struggling American actress (Mary McCormack) are cash-strapped London-dwelling friends who see their chance to make money when they intercept a phone call made from a robbery. With the proof on tape they attempt to blackmail the robbers, coming up against a ruthless gangster played by Michael Gambon. The film serves ...  Read the complete review

Not as funny as I expected after the previews and trailers I saw for this film. Still a very good British film with more than it's fair share of laughs throughout the film which it set in London. Minnie Driver plays Shannon, a hospital nurse and her American friend who is a struggling actress Frances (Mary McCormack) are the main ...  Read the complete review

The latest Mel Smith film to hit the big screen is something of a gem, all be it a little rough round the edges and not to be taken to seriously. Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack start as nurse and actress respectively. Minnie's boyfriend spends his time listening to his scanner and recording voices for his 'verbal ...  Read the complete review

As a regular cinema-goer, I've had to put up with some lousy audiences in my time. You get the noisy ones who discuss the plot of the film in what they think is a whisper right behind you; the children who have been dragged along to the latest Disney by their parents and spend the whole time crying; the courting couple making slurping noises ...  Read the complete review

Now and again we Brits get an idea for a film and very occasionally by some quirk of fate success shines through. The fact that this is a British movie is unmistakable! We must surely 'make them that way' with our 'stiff upper lip' just in case the odd American has a look maybe? This one is set in London as it happens and ...  Read the complete review

Another Brit flick but does this one break new ground or not? Well it has to be said no, but its still a pretty decent effort. It’s a (15) rated film and lasts 1 hour and 26 mins. Director: Mel Smith Starring: Minni Driver, Mary McCormack, and Michael Gambon. The story starts with two ...  Read the complete review

Last night was the first time in ages that I heard so many people laughing in a cinema at the same time! My friend and I were in hysterics when we saw this film and yes… most of you will probably class this as a “chick flick” but I would agree in some cases cus we related to the main characters in so many ways! But don’t ...  Read the complete review

High Heels and Lowlifes is set in London so obviously it has criminals and crime as it's main plot. However unlike the wave of bad british crime films we've had to endure in the last year this film actually has a good cast and decent laughs. Minnie Driver plays Shannon, a hospital nurse who's burned out in her job. Her ...  Read the complete review

Minnie Driver is the star of this Thelma&Louise-esque comic tale of big-money bank jobs and blackmail. Minnie plays Shannon, a honest and hard-working NHS nurse who, along with her best American friend, Frances (Mary McCormack), intercepts a phone call being made by a geezer who is in the process of assisting in a safety-deposit-box ...  Read the complete review

Now I know why there are free preview tickets! Okay it was Wednesday, in theory the week is downhill from there. I had the worst day possible, I arrived late at work therefore had to leave a little late and who on earth runs a preview at 6:30pm! Come on some of us work. Arrive at the Odeon Cinema in Newcastle, for my first time ...  Read the complete review

They should have called this movie ‘You Must Be Joking’, because that’s what I kept thinking with every plot turn. Why an established actress like Minnie Driver would want to do a movie like this is beyond me. I should have known from the premise that it was going to be bad – two friends overhear a bank robbery taking ...  Read the complete review