This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

"High Heels and Low Lifes" is a British comedy from 2001 starring Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack as friends who become involved in a robbery and decide to take matters into their own hands.Driver plays a nurse, Shannon, and McCormack is her actress friend Frances. Finding out about a robbery nearby, they decide to blackmail the robbers for $2 million. The gang is led by Kevin McNally and Michael Gambon.It's much more convoluted and fun than I've just described. I only gave it a 7 because it actually could have been a TV movie. However, it's so darn funny, and everyone in it is great. I had never seen the prolific McCormack in comedy; she's excellent. Minnie Driver looks great and is hilarious -- the two make a wonderful team. I wish they had turned this into a series.It's on Netflix - if you like the type of comedies that were done in the '80s before everything appealed to the lowest common denominator, this is for you.

Two best girlfriends living in London suddenly find themselves battling wits with seasoned criminals when they decide to blackmail the culprits of a bank heist in their neighbourhood rather than reporting the crime to the police.Refusing to be played by this new competition and give up the demanded £1 million, the leaders of the gang of robbers decide to start playing dirty tricks, threaten violence and counterfeit money in an effort to throw the two women off course.......This is one of those films that I remember being advertised at the cinema, being on there for a week and disappearing without a trace. Ten years on and it pops up on sky movies at an ungodly hour.An undeserved failure when released, one feels that this suffered due to the fact that it looked too much like a 'Lock, Stock' rip off, which at the time were a dime a dozen. so i guess the public steered clear, which is a shame because despite all it's flaws, it's a very entertaining film thanks to the energy given by McCormack. Driver plays the straight woman to her mad woman and gets sidelined in the proceedings, just looking very pretty.Plans go wrong and get worse, and the film is ably supported by some great comic talent, good settings and Danny Dyer, when he wasn't an annoying cockney villain.The leads are ferocious and give the film their all, and one feels that this wouldn't have worked be it two other actresses. If you can find this gem anywhere, watch it, it's a cracking little movie.

Not having a clue as to what this film was about, we took a chance when it showed on cable recently. It appears "High Heels and Low Lives", directed by comic actor Mel Smith, must have gone directly into video, or at least, we don't recall it having played commercially in the States.The film offers an unusual pair of Thelma and Louise wannabes, who learn about a gang having a great fortune gotten from a robbery and decide to take things in their own hands to outsmart the criminals in order to steal their cash without much effort. Shannon, a nurse, befriends a struggling American actress, Frances, even teaching her how to speak with the proper accent. Both women succeed in unexpected ways to get away with the loot.The film works because of the chemistry between Minnie Driver, who plays Shannon, and Mary McCormack, seen as Frances. This was a felicitous pairing because of the fun they must have had making the movie. Kevin McNally appears as Mason, a criminal without any redeeming qualities and who deserves to be outwitted by the women. Michael Gambon has a great time impersonating Kerrigan, an aging gay mobster. Mr. Gambon usually seen in heavier parts, contributes to the success of this movie that doesn't pretend to be anything but a fun time for the fans not looking into a complicated time with a DVD.

Just delightful. An undiscovered gem (cubic zirconium?). Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack are a sharp and natural comic team. Unexpected touches of humor, excellent character actors, good plot. Oh, just watch it and enjoy yourself. I guarantee you will be quoting some of the better lines afterward.How many movies give you a rabbit who is apparently immune to machine gun fire (aside from Bugs Bunny)?Where else can you see Minnie Driver blasting a machine gun and laughing madly?And if you loved Mary McCormack in The West Wing... watch her suffer with a hangover while doing voice-overs for an animated alien tomato... (we've all been there, right?)