High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)

Very best movie i ever watch

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

This movie was a complete delight surprise. Under its ugly title, there's a very funny movie, upgraded by its British background. As it happens that I like both Minnie and UK, I really appreciated it. The basic idea of turning girlish friends into blackmailers for the good cause is really intelligent and original. With Minnie and her friend, they found a great duo. Their characterization is very accurate because their plan sounds realistic and they are great standing up when things falls apart. Along them, you can find an excellent dark crook and some future Harry Potter wannabees (Mr Weasley and Dumbledore himself!). All the action is shot live in London and you can get some good slices of it, from the luxury mansion to modern flats, to train station from hospital, parks and aerial shoots.

The direction from Mel Smith is pedestrian at best, and the plot falls between two stools, being neither farcical nor plausible. Rather than being swept up in events, the female protagonists doggedly pursue a reckless course of action without adequate motivation. The cartoon violence, in which despite hails of bullets no-one actually gets killed, contributes to the lack of edge. We never really care about the heroines, because we never feel they are actually in any danger. A further problem is Mary McCormack, who just does not have the comic chops to carry off the demands placed on her. One would have hoped in any case that British cinema had got beyond the point of importing Hollywood C-listers in the forlorn hope of sales across the Pond. It might have been interesting to see what a talented British comedienne, such as Jane Horrocks or Sally Phillips, could have done with the role. The jolie laide Minnie Driver puts in an acceptable performance in a less demanding role, without doing anything to suggest that a career in comedy lies before her. Michael Gambon lends some much needed menace as a camp East End gangster, and Kevin McNally and Len Collin astutely play it straight as the heavies, but for laughs the film relies on the comic coppers, Mark Williams, as the acerbic inspector, and Kevin Eldon as his property price obsessed sergeant. Other familiar Brit faces, such as Hugh Bonneville, Paul Bown and Julian Wadham, do the best they can with blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos. It is harmless enough way to pass an hour and a half, and will raise the occasional smile, but you will find yourself easily distracted.

I had no expectations surrounding this work, as I had no exposure to ads, trailers, etc before my initial viewing, so this was a cold viewing, which is rare for me.There are two impressive elements with this film. The first is Michael Gambon. If he was making the attempt to counter any type-casting associated with his Harry Potter character, Albus Dumbledore, he was 100% successful. This performance is gritty, hard, and even rough. But he is also great in this role.The second impressive element is the story itself. It generates enough intrigue to hold your interest. Usually with a plot such as this one, I need some suspense to do that, but this story generates the interest enough without the suspense. I found that refreshing.This work is a bit reminiscent of the feeling found in Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, though lacks the same intensity.All in all, I was intrigued and thoroughly entertained.It rates a 6.8/10 from...the Fiend :.

Two best friends - Shannon (Minnie Driver) and Frances (Mary McCormack) found out that a bank in their neighbourhood had been broken into. But instead of reporting it to the police, they decided to take things into their own hands.And it led to hilarious and serious consequences along the way. Really!I am very surprised at the versatility of Michael Gambon's role as Kerrigan in this movie. Like many Harry Potter fans like myself (eh yes...), I am only first aware of his role as Dumbledore from the third Potter movie. He really played the baddie in this one well which almost could not led me to recognise him.The two main female protagonists really know how to kick some butt, despite one of them plays a nurse and the other plays an aspiring actress in the movie.Saw this over the weekend on the television here and I have a good time along the way. The British accents may sound a little foreign to anyone outside of the UK, but then it's worth a watch. If you are the kind who like to see girls kicking some real butt over the bad guys, British-style.