As a writer on TV's The Simpsons and The Larry Sanders Show , as well as the director of the underrated 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion , Mirkin has a knack for knowing what's funny. So it's puzzling why he frequently shifts the story away from the hilarious Weaver only to focus on a giggly dullard like Hewitt. Hewitt is famously buxom. That's part of the film's gag. Her outfits are skimpy.
Every shot is a jiggle shot.
It's as if Heartbreakers wants audiences to stare at Hewitt's breasts. Inevitably, Heartbreakers loses its cynical edge whenever Weaver is absent from the screen. Hewitt is too goody-goody for a sarcastic caper film like Heartbreakers . Her big chance to play dirty is a huge failure. When the vampy Page gets her hair caught in a married man's zipper, Hewitt manages to make the gag look not the least bit naughty.