DVD Movie Rating for: Heartbreakers

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Heartbreakers

Get ready to lose your heart - and your bank account! When it comes to conning millionaires, Maxine Conners (Sigourney Weaver) and her daughter, Paige (Jennifer Love Hewitt), are real pros. First, Maxine leads them to the altar. Then, Paige lures them into seduction... and a hefty divorce settlement! After that, it's on to the next unfortunate victim: repulsive billionaire, William Tensy (Gene Hackman). Unfortunately, Paige breaks the cardinal rule of the con and falls in love, with a young bartender (Jason Lee). Now, Maxine must hold on to her daughter and Tensy's money, before she loses the best parter in crime she will ever have

DVD Production Details of: Heartbreakers

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt

Director: David Mirkin

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: MGM/UA Video

DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002
DVD Features:
Commentary by director David Mirikin

Commentary by Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt

Deleted scenes with optional director's commentary

2 Original Documentaries: The Making of Heartbreakers and Laffs & Gaffs

Widescreen anamorphic format

Cast of the movie: Heartbreakers

• Sigourney Weaver .... Angela Nardino/Max Conners/Ulga Yevanova
• Jennifer Love Hewitt .... Wendy/Paige Conners/Jane Helstrom
• Ray Liotta .... Dean Cumanno/Vinny Staggliano
• Jason Lee .... Jack Withrowe
• Anne Bancroft .... Gloria Vogal/Barbara
• Jeffrey Jones .... Mr. Appel
• Gene Hackman .... William B. Tensy
• Nora Dunn .... Miss Madness
• Julio Oscar Mechoso .... Leo
• Ricky Jay .... Dawson's Auctioneer
• Sarah Silverman .... Linda
• Zach Galifianakis .... Bill
• Michael Hitchcock .... Davis
• Pierre Gonneau .... Priest at First Wedding
• Shawn Colvin .... Minister at Second Wedding

Photo Gallery of the movie: Heartbreakers

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Reviews of the movie: Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers wants to be a distaff variation of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, compensating for lack of intelligence with ample cleavage provided by Sigourney Weaver and (especially)  Jennifer Love Hewitt. This alone should draw plenty of drooling guys who will enjoy the scenery and affirm the movie's depiction of men as lecherous idiots. And what scenery it is! Gussied up in trampy glamour, Weaver and  Jennifer Love Hewitt play mom-and-daughter grifters with a devious routine: Max (Weaver) lures wealthy cads into marriage, and then daughter Page ( Jennifer Love Hewitt) seduces them, so Mom can discover the infidelity and fleece the chump in divorce court. They've just scammed the boss of a hot-car ring (Ray Liotta) and now it's on to Palm Beach, Florida, where they'll dupe a wheezing tobacco baron (Gene Hackman) and retire to the good life. Or so they think...

Armed with the same airheaded humor he brought to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, director David Mirkin relies on the clichéd notion that sex turns all men into morons--a conceit that would have worked if the dialogue and sitcom antics were more convincing. As Page's would-be paramour, Jason Lee is rendered intellectually inert, and it's hit-or-miss from that point forward. When the humor hits--as it does with Nora Dunn's rendition of a horrible housemaid--Heartbreakers hints at its full potential. Additional plot twists--not to mention Hewitt's microskirts and Wonderbras--may hold your attention, but you may find yourself harkening back to Steve Martin, Michael Caine, and those happier high jinks on the French Riviera. Singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin has a cameo role as the wedding priest

Heartbreakers is a fun comedy that keeps you laughing and is just flat out funny. Sigourney Weaver,  Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, and Ray Liotta were great at their performances. The movie is completely funny in just about every scene and has something to laugh about. If you are looking for a good comedy, Heartbreakers should be on your list. I give Heartbreakers a 10 out of 10!!! :)