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Heartbreakers (2001)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:12

Rotten:19

Average Rating:4.8/10

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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sex-related content including dialogue

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Mar 23, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $39,886,900

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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04/18/01
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
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Great escapist fun.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
03/23/01
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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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
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Unless you're a Hackman aficionado, there's no reason to bother with Heartbreakers.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/23/01
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
03/23/01
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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There are not enough Hefty bags in all The Home Depots to contain the trash generated by this vulgar burlesque.

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03/23/01
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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Naughty is an outdated word in an era of proud nastiness, but Heartbreakers has a slinky, teasing quality that recalls the dressed-up comedies of the studio era.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/23/01
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Despite its talented and/or attractive cast, Heartbreakers is an ugly movie: The kind that makes you feel slightly soiled afterwards, not to mention conned out the price of admission as efficiently as the victims of the movie's two heroines.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/23/01
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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The film unfolds in an impersonal, by-the-book fashion that threatens to become downright laborious.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
03/23/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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At just over two hours, Heartbreakers stretches its premise and easygoing silliness to the maximum.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
03/23/01
Louis B. Parks
Louis B. Parks
Houston Chronicle
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Laugh out loud? You bet.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
03/23/01
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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It ignores one of the game's unbreakable rules: Do the job and get out quick. Instead, Heartbreakers spends more than 2 hours meandering its way through the story.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
03/23/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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A concoction by director David Mirkin that never fails to sink to the lowest common denominator -- yet often hits a funny bone.

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03/23/01
Sheila Norman-Culp
Sheila Norman-Culp
Associated Press
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A two-hour marathon.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
03/23/01
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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It's not a great comedy, but it's a raucous one, hard-working and ribald, and I like its spirit.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
03/23/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Too lumpish, languid, and lukewarm to hit even the guilty pleasure zone.

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03/23/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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Trust me, you'll want to leave these people to get on with their tedious scams alone.

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03/22/01
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Oafishly staged by zoom-addled David Mirkin.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/22/01
Jessica Winter
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Village Voice
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