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Heartbreakers

2001

David Mirkin

Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta ...

4.8

12,981

Comedy. Romance Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a mother and daughter con team. The next plan is Max to seduce a wealthy men (Gene Hackman) into marrying her, and then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim. Like the last one (Ray Liotta). But Page meets a fine guy (Jason Lee) and everything changes.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A picture to be watched for its plot mechanics and very occasional laughs rather than with any engagement in its characters or the stakes involved"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Heartbreakers' is 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' plus Gene Hackman (...) It's not a great comedy, but it's a raucous one, hard-working and ribald, and I like its spirit"	POS
United States	Dana Stevens The New York Times	"Naughty is an outdated word in an era of proud nastiness, but Heartbreakers has a slinky, teasing quality that recalls the dressed-up comedies of the studio era"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"An expensive imitation of older, better films from older, often better times."	NEU
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"There's nothing wrong with the structure of Heartbreakers, but David Mirkin's direction is woefully clumsy -- and the movie's tone is nasty"	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"A sporadically amusing romp modeled"	NEU
United States	Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"Lacks the kind of rhythm and snap to make it work"	NEG
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"It's an obvious effort through and through, but that doesn't seem to dampen its ridiculous charm one bit"	NEU
United States	Jonathan Foreman New York Post	"Despite its talented and/or attractive cast, Heartbreakers is an ugly movie: The kind that makes you feel slightly soiled afterwards."	NEG
United States	Jay Carr Boston Globe	"It's too lumpish, languid, and lukewarm to hit even the guilty pleasure zone."	NEU

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