Review of "High Heels and Low Lifes" by

Here's a movie I'm sure you never heard of before. It barely caused a murmer in its 2001 theatrical release, and that's a shame because it's a very funny movie.

Set in modern England, the story revolves around a young nurse (Minnie Driver) whose loser of a boyfriend fills her apartment with radio gear and recording equipment he uses to create techno-music that nobody buys while she slaves away to support them. One day she catches her boyfriend cheating, so she tosses him out on the street along with everything but one radio. After coming home from a comiseration birthday bender, her American girlfriend (Mary McCormack) starts to play with the radio only to tune into a cellphone call made by the idiot who's the lookout for a bank robbery in progress across the street from the flat!

The girls try to do the right thing, but are dismissed as cranks by the local cops. So they hatch this scheme to blackmail the crooks, who are part of the local mob. Naturally, the mob doesn't take well to blackmail, but their strong-arm tactics blow up. Its a trip watching the ladies romp through this screwball comedy as they try to evade the cops (who think they were in on the bank job in the first place) and capture the crooks. And remember, its got Minnie "drop-dead gorgeous" Driver in it, and Mary McCormick has never been better. Rent it the next time you can't seem to decide on what to bring home. I guarantee you'll thank me.