Shannon (Driver) is a nurse, and Frances (McCormack) is a struggling nobody actress. After Shannon has dumped her boyfriend (presumably because she�s such a strong, liberated woman) the two of them go out and get wrecked, and on their drunken return home they manage to accidentally overhear plans for a ten million pound heist.
On the strength of having the mobile number of one of the criminals, Frances thinks up a plan to call them and blackmail them for ten thousand pounds, and eventually persuades Shannon to join her. Soon they realise they are in over their heads and they find themselves improvising the roles of hard criminals � something, ironically, that the quiet Shannon turns out to be better at than Frances. What I presume we should infer is, "Hey guys, women can be tough AND wear dresses".
Well hooray. This is a fun British romp with no real depth. Both characters are sort of washed-out versions of stereotypes: the demure, sensible British nurse and the funky, just-don�t-give-a-shit American. But� less so. The bad guys fit into their roles as if to fill a space marked �baddie�; again, you accept their roles as simple tags. For this reason, the twists and turns of the film are highly predictable. But this is the fault of the script; the acting is strong enough and there are plenty of good laughs to pull you through. Seeing as Kim Fuller�s last big project was Spice Girls: The Movie, this is a marked improvement.
The Sugababes� �Overload�, the theme song to the film, is over-used in the middle of the film almost to the point of making a pop video out of it, but, y�know, it�s a good song. This is a bog-standard, low-ambition, adequate British comedy. Its banality doesn�t really do much for the Women�s Liberation Movement, but it�ll serve you nicely in the Tuesday Night on the Sofa Movement. |
