Heartbreakers

"Meet the mother and daughter who'll love you for richer...and leave you for poorer."

2001 2h 3m EN

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6.1

MID

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55%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.2

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 1,028🥫55%Rotten Tomatoes●47Metacritic★6.2IMDB · 60,998

ComedyRomanceCrime

Synopsis

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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.

“Meet the mother and daughter who'll love you for richer...and leave you for poorer.”

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Cast

Sigourney Weaver
Max Conners
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Page Conners
Jason Lee
Jack Withrowe
Gene Hackman
William B. Tensy
Ray Liotta
Dean Cumanno
Anne Bancroft
Gloria Vogal
Stacey Travis
Nurse Gale Grey
Jeffrey Jones
Mr. Appel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Mirkin
Writers: Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur, Robert Dunn
Languages: English, Russian
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Mirkin, shot by Dean Semler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor William Steinkamp shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jason Lee carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Meet the mother and daughter who'll love you for richer...and leave you for poorer.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Mirkin directs. Dean Semler behind the camera. John Debney scores. William Steinkamp cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
4Directed by David Mirkin, shot by Dean Semler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor William Steinkamp shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jason Lee carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Meet the mother and daughter who'll love you for richer...and leave you for poorer.".
9IMDB entry: tt0125022 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dean Semler
Original score: John Debney
Editing: William Steinkamp
Production design: Lilly Kilvert
Costume design: Gary Jones
Makeup / hair: Melissa Yonkey
Sound: Gary Gegan
Stunt coordinator: Buddy Joe Hooker
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $57,800,000
Return: 165% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Heartbreakers (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes: 55% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 47/100
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 60,998 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

4 nominations total

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Kamurai2020-10-03
★ 6/10
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. If you liked "The Hustle", "Ocean's 8" (and maybe even "Ocean's Eleven"), then you might really enjoy this. I'm not a big fan of criminal enterprise movies without a great second motivator, so for me, I see this movie as a romantic comedy that does something extra. As a romantic comedy, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jason Lee do an excellent job at their stop and go romance, with Jason Lee just basically being bemused at the entire situation and JLH kinda of just being mean for most of it. On the other end of it, while I'm less of a fan, Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman, and Ray Liotta play out a must more complicated parallel love story that lends towards the hustle more than any traditional version of love. This is definitely a romantic comedy that does something different, or a hustle movie that has a special spin to it, but there are other movies that do it as good or better. I think the key audience for this are people look for female empowerment movies, and this nicely joins that group of movies.

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