Heartbreakers Movie
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TAGLINES
Caution: Dangerous Curves Ahead
They Will Love You For Richer. And Leave You For Poorer
This is not a simple work... This is a family business!
Max (Weaver) and Page (Hewitt) are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, 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.
| Jeffrey Jones | Mr. Appel |
| Jason Lee | Jack Withrowe |
| Sigourney Weaver | Max Conners/Angela |
| Gene Hackman | William B. Tensy |
| Ray Liotta | Dean Cumanno/Vinny Staggliano |
| Nora Dunn | Miss Madress |
| Jennifer Love Hewitt | Page Conners/Jane Helstrom |
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | Leo |
| Sarah Silverman | Linda |
| Zach Galifianakis | Bill |
| Michael Hitchcock | Dr. Arnold Davis |
| Anne Bancroft | Gloria Vogal/Barbara |
| Ricky Jay | Dawson's Auctioneer |
| Pierre Gonneau | Priest at First Wedding |
| Shawn Colvin | Minister at Second Wedding |
| David Mirkin |
6.10 out of 10 (12191 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Surprisingly funny film
posted on 01 Jul 2009A mother daughter con woman team travel from city to city setting up unsuspecting rich men. The mother marries the men but withholds sex until the wedding night, and then she finds an excuse not to put out. A day after the wedding the daughter comes on to the sex-starved husband. The wife walks in and catches the two in the act, she files for a quick divorce and settles with one large payment. Sigourney Weaver plays the mother. She has raised her daughter to be a con woman just like she is but still thinks the daughter isn't ready to con by herself. Jennifer Love Hewitt plays the young daughter who wants to go on her own despite her mothers' objections. When they go to split up their profits they find out that the IRS has seized their bank accounts and that they still owe them a large sum of money. They decide to stick together for one last score. They head down to Miami Beach to make one big score off of an old tobacco billionaire. While the mother seduces the billionaire the daughter goes looking for her own mark.In the wrong hands this could have been a very dumb unfunny film. Fortunately it ended up in the right hands. The director deals with the type of humor just right. Some of the jokes could have fizzled and fallen flat had they been over done but they weren't. That's not to say that the humor is highly sophisticated, it isn't. There are plenty of off color humor for everyone. It's just that they play the jokes for the most part perfectly.The film is filmed with strong performances. Weaver is great as the Mother. Her comic timing is excellent and her scenes with the tobacco king, especially in the Russian restaurant, are some of the funniest in the film. Jennifer Love Hewitt is fantastic. She has some funny scenes but more often she is used as the `straight man' walking around the movie increasingly revealing outfits (not a bad thing) so that the men can react to her. If she had played it as an ultra slut it would have come off as juvenile, to her credit she does just enough to make you laugh rather then roll your eyes. As funny as the women are the men they dupe are even funnier. Gene Hackman is hilarious as the aging tobacco tycoon. It's Ray Liotta however, that steals almost every scene he is in. He plays a New Jersey chop shop owner who is the first husband/victim in the film. A lot of people would have tried (and failed) to get laughs from this character by making him a caricature of the typical `Jersey Mobster'. Liotta plays him as a real blue-collar guy and as a result he gets more laughs that way. The scene of him carrying his wife to their bridal suite had the entire theater laughing out loud. He also has some great one-liners. Jason Lee rounds out the cast as the nice guy bar owner that falls for Hewitt's character. She wants nothing to do to do with him until she finds out that he is a potential moneybags.When I saw the preview for this movie I had a feeling that they might be showing you the best jokes in the trailer. I was relieved that that isn't the case. There are a lot of angles going on in the story and it has a few twists that were unexpected. It does loose a little bit of focus two-thirds into the movie when the plot switches gears but it gets back on track quickly. One complaint that I have is that the cinematography is awful. There are several scenes where the camera changes angles and it goes from being a clear properly exposed shot to an underexposed one. It was kind of distracting. Outside of that there isn't much not to like about Heartbreakers. It is a great movie to see if you're not in the mood for a fun night out. On a scale of one to ten it gets an Eight. If you liked this review email me!
The best comedy of 2000
posted on 22 May 2009Great! Frankly, I don't like movies with Sigourney Weaver (though I do not know why, I think she is good actress) and consequently has taken for my wife simply first got comedy with the known actors. But I saw this one with big pleasure. "Something about Mary" - the "waste" movie for fans of Beavis and Buthead, this is - Real Good One. The actors play is great! Weaver is
matchless, Jennifer Love Hewitt - has proved the right to refer to as new star (that will not tell on her previous "masterpieces") - simply look at her grimaces, instead of on her ... you know, Jason Lee, Ray Liotta - very very good, and Hackman - always Hackman. I really think what its one of the best comedy movies of last 5 years. And ... what amazing ... in the russian restaurant really speak on russian without barbaralia, believe me - this is very rarely for Hollywood films and shows that creators don't think what all of audience is idiots.9/10 !!!
Surprisingly good
posted on 16 May 2009I had low expectations when I went to see this movie, but came out presently surprised. We can be honest, the script here is poor; the ideas are tired, but we're not dealing with an oscar contender here, we just want to have a few laughs. I have often thought that really talented actors/actresses can make an average film somewhat good, and that is definitely the case here. Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman are over-the-top charactictures of people that we have all met at some point, and that's just fine. Their jokes are silly, but they're good for a laugh and that's what we're expecting. It was refreshing to see Ray Liotta actually contribute to a movie (as he also did in Blow, but little else) and I liked watching his take on the suckered New Jersey man with a short temper but a big heart.
In short, this movie doesn't promise what it doesn't deliver. It doesn't boast itself as anything but a silly little funny movie and that's exactly what it is. If you've enjoyed the con aspect of such films as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrals" then this is fun to watch. If you want to see a bold film with riveting script and daring performances, then this saturday-matinee, lightweight won't be very satisfying. Take "Heartbreakers" for what it's worth: funny, silly, and entertaining.
Cute comedy
posted on 14 May 2009First, before I get into the review itself, let's get this out of the way. For all those guys who debated seeing this movie because it looks like a chick film, but you really like Jennifer Love Hewitt.....GO SEE IT! Trust me, she is hot in this film. Not just hot, but smoking hot. I mean hot enough for you to cry in pain at how unfair life is hot. So hot she might as well have wore a nun costume in "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" because she was never as hot as this. There is no excuse for you not to see this, as well as BUY it (Not rent) on DVD or VHS when it comes out. Oh, and if you like Sigourney Weaver, the same goes for you. But I can only speak for Love fans.As far as the film, I liked it. I thought the comedic chemistry between the characters was on target, and while it wasn't roll on the floor funny, there were some pretty amusing bits. A lot of risque humor of course, and I was surprised this got a PG-13 rating. You might want to keep the kids home for this one. The Gene Hackman character was funny, especially regarding his obsession to smoking. I thought Weaver and Hewitt had good byplay as a mother/daughter who just tolerate one another. The plot is easy to figure out as to where it's going, but it's funny along the way and that's what matters. And Jason Lee was really good as the average guy who has to put up with the coniving ways of the Hewitt character. Overall, a good way to spend a couple hours at the movies.By the way.......did I say how hot Jennifer Love Hewitt was?.......
Original
posted on 02 May 2009A very original comedy about a mother/daughter team of seductresses who take men for all their money. How it works: The mother (Sigourney Weaver) marries the man. Then, the day after their marriage, her daughter (Jennifer Love Hewitt) seduces the man and they file for divorce. Hence all the money goes to the mother who then splits it with her daughter.But their lucrative swindle hits a hard path when millionaire tycoon Gene Hackman is taken for a ride by the duo, only for the two women to find themselves truly falling in love.This film got some good reviews and word-of-mouth when it came out and so I thought I'd check it out. I wasn't disappointed. It's not as consistently funny as I had expected, but it's very amusing and interesting. It's original, too, which is something rare for most comedies these days.
Formulaic but Entertaining
posted on 10 Apr 2009I am quite a big Sigourney Weaver fan, and I enjoyed this movie. I particularly enjoyed her catsuit (lol). It has only just come to the cinema in the UK and it makes a refreshing change from what seems to be an endless stream of effects movies and "gritty" bloodbaths we've been getting lately. There are 2 points hitherto unaddressed which I think I should just fill in:1 - (good) - There is a sort of acting versatility going on here from all the players. While Weaver, Liotta, L-Hewitt all reprise familiar-ish roles, the director has definitely softened their edges. For the first time ever I really believed there could be a softer side to Liotta, and JLH's ewing and whatevering seemed genuinely to be a facade of "cool" bravado not an expression of dimwittedness.2 - (bad) - I don't know if the movie presentation of cigarettes and smokers as worse than rape and murder is acceptable over there in the USA but here in Britain it's laughable (in a pitiful way, not a comic way!), and this movie is no exception. In the cinema everyone was looking at each other and shaking their heads at the treatment of smoking which seemed a little too strong to be truly "tongue-in-cheek". Bizarre.Overall - I wouldn't be ashamed to say I liked this movie, though I can see why people who fancy themselves as film gurus might slate it.
almost great
posted on 11 Mar 2009Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt are a sexy mother-daughter con team and the movie is funny, but a bit too uneven. Some of the gags are a hit and miss, and the movie sometimes shifts from darkly comic to melodramatic. Gene Hackman is a lot of fun, but this film without a doubt belongs to Ray Liotta. 2/4
Some movies just shouldn't be made
posted on 10 Jan 2009The studio wants to say this is a story of a mom and daughter who swindle rich men out of their money by marrying them and then setting them up to cheat. What this story REALLY is about is two-fold: 1)Jennifer Love Hewitt's HEAVING chest being tucked into blouses four sizes to small, ready to pop out, and 2)Hewitt's mini-skirts constantly riding up to her belly button. Don't let the studios fool you! D-
Appealing black comedy - but uneven and limited.
posted on 27 Dec 2008A mother and daughter team (Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love-Hewitt) con men in to marriage and then earn money from quickie divorces. However their immoral little world starts to come unstuck when one of their would-be victims becomes hard to pin down and the daughter starts to fall in love for real. There is room in my heart for black comedy, and it is a shame that America (home to so much of the film industry nowadays) seems a little frightened of them. The producers clearly had a mission to recruit a cast of appealing names: and then get the script to crack along at enough pace to cover for the dubious central theme. They have done a fair-to-middling job.Naturally having shown their unpleasant nature (they even con a stranger in to playing for their gas!), you are naturally going to have to pay a price as regards the audience worrying about their troubles later down the track.We are living in the film convenience world: Everyone is a bit stupid and falls for all their well worn stunts: Catching the spouse with another woman, alien objects in food, getting recruited to the right job, trip-and-fall, etc. This is a film that isn't even afraid of slapstick, ALA early Woody Allen or the Pink Panther movies.Credit Weaver and her dress maker: always seeming at the point of taking off or falling out of her clothes and never quite getting there. Even on her honeymoon the lingerie doesn't quite come off - in fact see got to see her more undressed in Alien! This is a film about sex traps, but there is no sex to speak of despite the suggestions of the poster and the trailer!The movie breezes along, with jokes right through (even Gene Hackman's smoking and clothes are funny - what a sport he is!), but when you have exposed people as being crooked, cruel, thieves (even in a comedy) you don't have much room for sympathy, empathy or happy-ever-after.The writers build in some suspense, but it was always going to be a film that was easy to set up, but harder to move along and even harder to bring to a satisfactory conclusion. File under pleasant time filler.
Amazed, ashamed and loving it
posted on 27 Dec 2008First a disclaimer - I would never rent or go see a movie like this. It's just not my cup of tea. That being said, when I tore my ligaments and was forced to stay in bed all day long, I quickly ran out of things to do. My brother rents this kind of stuff all the time and out of boredom I popped the disc into my DVD player and prepared for pain. To my surprise I loved this movie. It's witty, it's funny and it's sexy. Of course scantily clad Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love-Hewitt contribute to the last item of praise. Give the movie a chance and rent it. You might like it.
Mediocre
posted on 11 Dec 2008This is actually a film that could have benefited from being more formulaic. It was meant to be a "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" for the female set. Here is the problem. . . unlike in that gem, the wholly unlikable characters do not get their just desserts. In fact, I was begging for the predicatable ending, but did not get it. Ray Liotta does the best with the pitiful dialogue that he is given. He is a character actor now, and he acquits himself well. I do not know if his looks have really faded or if it is tricks, but since he plays Johnny Depp's Dad in Blow, I am going to assume the former. In any event, some of you guys will be happy to note that he plays a run of the mill b*****d in this picture. You might see elsewhere that Gene Hackman is the highlight of this film. Do not believe it. Liotta makes much out of nothing. He is to be commended.Weaver should be ashamed of herself. Evidently, paychecks are hard to come by these days. Hewitt does what she does best, look hot. If that is why you want to come to the theatre, I cannot discourage you. It is painful at times to look at her, she looks so good. The plot is so predicatable, the movie cannot possibly be enjoyable. Jason Lee, as always, is a hilarious as the handsome smartass. But even he cannot save the film. I can promise that the last half hour of this film will crawl across the screen so slowly, that you will beg aloud for the contrived ending that you know is coming. I cannot recommend this film.
Jennifer Love Hewitt the only reason to watch this movie :)
posted on 05 Dec 2008the only reason i have this movie on DVD is because of Miss Hewitt i think she is amazing perfection in the female form and a very talented actress :).saying that the movie is not bad it is actually pretty good it has a lot of humour in it which comes from Ray Liotta a little comes from Jennifer but most comes from Mr Liotta. i would not mind one little bit if i were a victim of Miss Hewitt`s conning the reason i say that is some of the suit`s dresses she wear`s do not leave much to the imagination her top half nearly pop`s out of half of the outfits she wears :). which any guy will like but any woman who say`s huh look at that she`s a tart (my friend angela said that) well they are just jealous cos they dont look that good there is plenty of eye candy in the movie thanx to the lovely Miss Jennifer Love Hewitt :). s if your looking for a comedy just to pass the time then look no further and if your looking for another movie to add to your Jennifer Love Hewitt collection (like me) then you need look no further because if you dont have this in your J.L.H.C you shoould have:).rating for the movie 8/10.rating for Miss Jennifer Love Hewitt 12/10.
Surprisingly delightful
posted on 23 Nov 2008This is a witty, clever and fast paced comedy. It was one of those unplanned viewings. I was scrolling through the online guide and thought "why not". Bravo to me for watching. The comedy reminded me of two great comedies... "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" from back in the 60's (I watched as a repeat in later years) and "Young Frankenstein".Ray Liota missed his calling. He is wasting his time always playing a bad guy or thug. He should really be concentrating on comedy. For me he stole the movie. Maybe because I wasn't expecting him to be so spot on with his timing and his facial expressions.Sometimes the music in a movie misses the mark but this time it really enhanced a scene. I highly recommend it. It was such a pleasure to watch a movie that didn't have gratuitous sex or nudity or over the top foul language. It was just fun and this movie relies on writing and acting to carry it and not nudity, sex and vulgarity.
A really funny romantic comedy.
posted on 05 Nov 2008This movie was really funny. I saw it maybe eight times when it was in theaters. The first time I saw it, I didn't know what it was about, but all I knew by the end of the first five minutes was that it was really funny. I almost died laughing about twenty times during the film.PLOT (spoilers): Max Conners (Sigourney Weaver) and her daughter, Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER) are professional cons. Max marries a man, and then Page sets him up to cheat, then they walk away, after a divorce settlement with half of the guy's money. After heisting a rich, Italian, mob-boss like car dealer (Ray Liotta, HANNIBAL), they head for Palm Beach, where they begin a con on billionaire, William B. Tensey (Gene Hackman, BEHIND ENEMY LINES). But complications arise when Page begins falling in love with a bartender (Jason Lee, DOGMA) who may actually have feelings for her.After the story gets moving, things get really funny. The story is fresh, and different. A rare movie gem that makes us laugh all the way. It is really rare nowadays to find a movie that actually entertains us with good, original humor. Unlike so many other comedies, HEARTBREAKERS did not crash and burn at the box-office (partially due to me, because I went and saw it so many times at the cinema).See this film if you are a fan of good romantic comedies. This is a film that entertains us with loads of humor and some dramatically touching moments. Also, look for Jeffrey Jones (SLEEPY HOLLOW) in a small role as a hotel manager. I'm also glad we got to hear John Lennon's song 'Oh my love' in this film. HEARTBREAKERS: 5/5.
An Excellent Comedy
posted on 01 Nov 2008'Heartbreakers' is one of the greatest comedies of the last ten years. You can say that everything works great in the movie. The story is interesting, the laughs are plenty and the acting is top notch.Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt play mother and daughter who con rich men into marrying them, to divorce them soon after for a hefty divorce settlement. For their last con they go to Palm Strings, where they are faced with their biggest challenge ever.Gene Hackman is probably the funniest in the movie, playing a retired businessman fanatical with smoking. Ray Liotta is also extremely funny proving his unlimited talent in a role that is almost a parody of his mafia roles. Jason Lee is the weakest in the movie, not bad really, but rather uninteresting and not that funny.'Heartbreakers' is a rare comedic gem. The story is interesting and funny and this is quite and achievement as the only comedies of the last years that were able to maintain that, were the first three Farelly movies.
Jennifer Love Hewitt's evident transition...
posted on 28 Oct 2008I found Heartbreakers to be a jovial and entertaining piece of comedy which provided many laughs- and not in a dry, dull sense, however, in a witty and humorous manner. Jennifer Love Hewitt's transition from a teenage movie princess to versatile actress has evidently come through in this movie, as she has successfully portrayed her role as sultry and seductive Paige outstandingly- and NO, other IMDB users, this girl can act! It's nice to see that Jen is shying away from the usual, cheesy, tormented youth roles she normally portrays. One final word: she is extremely HOT in this movie!
Like coca cola that's been sitting on the table for days.
posted on 24 Oct 2008In spite of the big names (Weaver & Hackman), this film is a big disappointment. Pretty painful to sit through. The jokes are not only predictable but fall flat almost every time. That in combination with the fact that the female leads were simply incapable of pulling off comic performances made for a waste of a few bucks. Didn't hear too many guffaws in the cinema either. SPOILERS For those who go in spite of the mediocre reviews because they like the concept, prepare for a disappointment. It's just badly executed! Terrible writing and unfunny characters. It's either boring, embarrassing, or both at most times.Gene Hackman's character was the only one who breathed some life into this flat tire of a film, but alas it's not enough to get past Weaver's sad attempt at badly-written comedy, and her big-boobed but boring and annoying daughter is also quite pitiful.For fans of the seduction concept, just rent a copy of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which was a WAY WAY funnier and original film.Have I said enough? Forget renting it for that matter, it's barely worth even that except for die-hard fans of Hackman (whose character is unfortunately mercilessly and unfunnily killed off before he has a chance to turn the tables on his wannabe seductresses).
It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it
posted on 24 Jul 2008A very funny and sweet film. Is there any actor out there more versatile than Gene Hackman? One other observation. I imagine that movie acting can sometimes be rather torturous. Say you're Jason Lee. Your job requires you to report to the set and make out with Jennifer Love Hewitt in just about every scene you're in. Plus, you get paid rather handsomely in the process. Whew! Brutal...just brutal. Hmmm...for some reason I imagine him perpetually in the same "condition" as the male statue.
Above average date movie
posted on 21 Jul 2009Off-beat comedy about two female con-artists who marry for the money - repeatedly. Sig Weaver plays the dame fatale well, though doesn't quite realize her comic potential as well as in Galaxy Quest. A good laugh, even if it's mostly at the expense of the dumb men that get taken.