Fresh
Great escapist fun.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
Heartbreakers
Meet the mother and daughter who'll love you for richer...and leave you for poorer.
2001 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
David Mirkin
Overview
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Director and cast
- David Mirkin Director
- Sigourney Weaver as Max Conners
- Jennifer Love Hewitt as Page Conners
- Jason Lee as Jack Withrowe
- Gene Hackman as William B. Tensy
- Ray Liotta as Dean Cumanno
- Anne Bancroft as Gloria Vogal
- Stacey Travis as Nurse Gale Grey
- Jeffrey Jones as Mr. Appel
- Nora Dunn as Miss Madress
- Sarah Silverman as Linda
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Fresh
Heartbreakers is one of these guilty pleasures.
John Zebrowski, Seattle Times
Rotten
Unless you're a Hackman aficionado, there's no reason to bother with Heartbreakers.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
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