rated PG13, 87 mins.)
Unfolding in a world of fashion and foul play where the real crime is wearing the wrong thing or chasing the wrong guy, Amanda Pierce (Monica Potter) is a normal single girl in Manhattan sharing a loft with four supermodels. Never content to let ordinary exist, the models immediately enlist Amanda as their experiment in makeover magic. Afterall, she’s a successful art restorer not a cover girl. Things really begin to look up as Amanda falls for Jim Winston (Freddie Prinze Jr), the charming, hunky fashion exec who loves babies, coaches little league and that flashy frat-boy grin, (but if he wants to be taken seriously needs to stop making pretty boy movies.) In line with the recent and profitable string of lame teen films like “Dude, Where’s My Car?” and “Save The Last Dance”, Heels works mainly because it will attract the same audience that jumps up and down for Back Street Boy tickets. But, Director Mark Waters, who teamed with Prinze for “The House of Yes,” manages to stay on top with a few twists and heartstring moments. (Two of his scriptwriters are Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, who collaborated with the Farrelly brothers on “There’s Something About Mary.”)
