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Heartbreakers (2001)

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Reviews Counted:115

Fresh:60

Rotten:55

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: Though the actors pour a lot of energy into their roles, Heartbreakers is too drawn out, and the romantic subplot doesn't blend well. Also, the con women aren't particularly sympathetic.

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men who fall prey to her... Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men who fall prey to her beauty and charm, and marries them. The equally gorgeous Page then seduces them. Max catches her wayward husbands in the act. Then it's off to divorce court with the hapless men losing much more than their shirts and on to the next scam, with Max and Page posing in a variety of cons to keep one (or two) steps ahead of the law. -- © 2001 MGM [More]

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Gene Hackman, Jeffrey Jones, Anne Bancroft

Director: David Mirkin

Director: David Mirkin
Screenwriter: Robert Dunn, Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur
Producer: Irving Ong, John Davis
Studio: MGM/UA

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
04/05/01
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

"(Liotta) is so absurdly over-the-top and consistently hilarious ... that he's easily the best thing about the movie."

Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/05/01
Matt Easterbrook
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews

Why beat around the bush? This is one of the funniest comedies to hit the big screen in a long time.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
04/02/01
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

On the laugh-a-minute meter, the script for Heartbreakers rates relatively high.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/02/01
Shirley Sealy
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

Should a sequel come to pass, that film would probably be a lot more interesting and entertaining, given the more promising note on which this film ends.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
04/01/01
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Worth seeing if only to give women hope that they can look like Sigourney at 51.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
03/30/01
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

A sparkling comedy.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
03/28/01
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Most of the laughs come toward the end.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
03/27/01
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

It isn't hard to predict how this film is going to come out once it gets going, but it is a pleasant enough journey.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/26/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

the movie as a whole generates a comic rhythm that is easy to sink into

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
03/26/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

All I can say is that I enjoyed it -- and that I'm ashamed to admit it.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
03/26/01
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

The film's uneven tone that does it in.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
03/26/01
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Great escapist fun.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
03/23/01
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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See the film, but see it for Hackman, Liotta and Bancroft.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
03/23/01
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

Heartbreakers is a comedy that fails to generate any appreciable laughter or present an engaging story until long after it has been rightfully labeled a dud.

Full Review Source: Norman Transcript | comment Comment
03/23/01
Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

Director David Mirkin, whose Romy and Michele's High School Reunion was similarly afflicted, never gets the timing right and allows the story to drag with little internal logic.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
03/23/01
Susan Wloszczyna
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

Heartbreakers has a lopsided appeal because of Liotta and Hackman.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
03/23/01
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
 
 
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