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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 04/09/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy, Farce, Crime Comedy, Buddy Film

In this broad comedy from sometime comic actor Mel Smith (The Tall Guy), two women find themselves fleeing criminals. Minnie Driver stars as Shannon, a London nurse who finds her boyfriend Ray (Darren Boyd), a "sound sculptor," becoming increasingly dull and inattentive. When he forgets her birthday, she decides to hit the town with best pal Frances (Mary McCormack), an American actress wasting her time in a terrible small-theater production. Returning to Shannon's apartment, the girls overhear a cell phone conversation on Ray's scanner chronicling the ten million dollars stolen from a safe-deposit box. When police are uninterested in their information, the girls get an idea to blackmail the robbers to get a share. The criminals, led by the hard-as-nails Mason (Kevin McNally), counteract with their own scheme, and the caper begins to go wildly out of control. Similarly plotted to the 2001 release Beautiful Creatures, but much lighter in tone than that dark suspense thriller, the film co-stars Michael Gambon, Danny Dyer, and Mark Williams.
~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

Minnie Driver - Shannon
Mary McCormack - Frances
Kevin McNally - Mason
Mark Williams - Tremaine
Danny Dyer - Danny
Darren Boyd - Ray

The British caper High Heels and Low Lifes arrives on DVD in a very uninspired package. It's presented in widescreen anamorphic 1.85:1 format and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, with French, Spanish and English subtitles. "Sneak Peeks" include Corky Romano, Grosse Pointe Blank, Mystery, Alaska, and Serendipity. The sketchy bonus materials include a behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew interviews, a rehash montage of action clips called "Action Overload," and an audio commentary with director Mel Smith and writer Kim Fuller. All in all, for a movie that prides itself on being out of the ordinary, the DVD is anything but unique. ~ Terri Clark, All Movie Guide