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Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Gene Hackman ... see more see more... , Jeffrey Jones , Anne Bancroft , Nora Dunn , Julio Oscar Mechoso , Ricky Jay , Sarah Silverman , Zach Galifianakis , Michael Hitchcock , Elya Baskin , Kevin Nealon

After the little white lies of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), director David Mirkin focuses on scheming of a different sort in Heartbreakers. Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt ... read more read more...play Max and Page Conners, a mother and daughter who share everything with each other: relationship advice, hair and makeup hints, and the money they win in costly divorce settlements with rich men. When the film opens, the Conners are putting the finishing touches on conning Dean (Ray Liotta), an auto-body shop owner. When the dust from that scam clears, Page announces she's ready to move away from her mother and set up shop on her own -- but in order to clear an outstanding debt, Max insists they bankrupt one more bachelor together. They settle upon phlegmatic Palm Springs widower William B. Tensy (Gene Hackman), a chain smoker with a heart of gold and a similarly bountiful bank account. Only two things stand in their way: Tensy's Teutonic caretaker Miss Madress (Nora Dunn) and beachfront bartender Jack (Jason Lee), a wry stargazer with whom Page becomes unexpectedly smitten. Heartbreakers is the third collaboration from writers Steven Mazur and Paul Guy, whose previous screwball comedy was 1997's international hit, Liar Liar. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: October 2, 2001

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  • January 22, 2011
    A mom and daughter team,(Signourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt), work together to con men into loving them, cheating on them and then paying them upon divorce.This has worked 13 times.... It works like this, Max seduces a lovestruck desperado, marries him and, with the aid ... read moreof Page as "the other woman," scams him for a huge divorce settlement. But the tables turn when they go after William Tensy (Gene Hackman), a rich man with a smokers hack, and Page becomes smitten with bartender Jack (Jason Lee).
  • July 25, 2010
    It's a bit like Dirty rotten scoundrels but this time it's the women who are the con artists. It's funny in places and has a tad more of an adult theme to it than DRS. A bit long at around 2 hours but at least that means the sexy Jennifer Love Hewitt is on the screen a bit longer... read more. Overall quite light hearted and predictable but not too bad.
  • May 28, 2010
    Good cast, and i funny and really funny in places!
    However the storyline is weak and the film drags at the end that it just gets boring!!
    Weaver and Hwitt team up as mother and daughter who are con artists and they go on one last con , that then leads to another con, however th... read moree last con doesnt go as smoothly as they would have liked and both make the biggest mistake of their con careers by ..falling in love!
    Its a cute romcom and funny but it is predictable and slighly boring so you may enjoy this movie you may not!!
  • March 15, 2008
    Female version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Mother and daughter duo set out to con men for their money. Quite funny.
  • February 10, 2008
    A mother-and-daughter team runs a scam on a series of wealthy men: the mum marries them, the daughter seduces them, then they split Mum's divorce settlement. The script is only serviceable and the "surprise" twists are telegraphed way in advance, but the star power of the cast pu... read morets the film over in style.
  • October 13, 2007
    I think I saw this one...not very memorable.
  • April 25, 2007
    JLH has never been hotter then she was here. And it was legitimately funny on top of that. Great cast having a great time.
  • March 26, 2007
    I caught this on TV by accident, and I'm glad I did.
  • January 11, 2007
    fantastic. very funny. jason lee and jennifer love were good together. i liked it
  • December 27, 2006
    I like it. Funny and silly. Jason Lee is there too.

Critic Reviews


Joe Baltake
March 26, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

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

(CNN.com) Paul Clinton
March 23, 2001
(CNN.com) Paul Clinton, CNN.com

Great escapist fun. Full Review

Susan Wloszczyna
March 23, 2001
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

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

Edward Guthmann
March 23, 2001
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

Unless you're a Hackman aficionado, there's no reason to bother with Heartbreakers. Full Review

Charles Taylor
March 23, 2001
Charles Taylor, Salon.com

Hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy. Full Review

Jan Stuart
March 23, 2001
Jan Stuart, Newsday

There are not enough Hefty bags in all The Home Depots to contain the trash generated by this vulgar burlesque. Full Review

A.O. Scott
March 23, 2001
A.O. Scott, 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. Full Review

Jonathan Foreman
March 23, 2001
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, not to mention conned out the price of admission as efficiently as...

Kevin Thomas
March 23, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

The film unfolds in an impersonal, by-the-book fashion that threatens to become downright laborious. Full Review

Louis B. Parks
March 23, 2001
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle

At just over two hours, Heartbreakers stretches its premise and easygoing silliness to the maximum. Full Review

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    • Dean Cumanno / Vinny Staggliano: No more conning! No more! If you're gonna be my wife, you're gonna live a respectable life, chopping cars!

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