Heartbreakers

Plot synopsis:
The movie opens with Sigourney Weaver getting married to Ray Liota. The wedding night comes and Sigourney falls asleep before the two can have sex. Ray wakes up and goes to work where his secretary (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is waiting in a tight dress. He cannot overcome his urges and starts making out with Jeniffer. Sigourney walks in and catches them in the act. She files for divorce and takes half of his money and a car.We then find out that Jennifer and Sigourney are a mother daughter duo of con artists who marry men and then set them up to cheat so that they can take half of the husbands property.The two women have various ways of getting things for free throughout the whole movie; putting broken glass into their meal, slip on a puddle of goo that they put there, in order to get a hotel room.After the divorce from Liotta, Jennifer decides that she is a PRO, and can handle herself on her own.Sigourney needs to convice her to stay so she comes up with a plan. When the duo go to the bank to withdraw their money they are told that Sigourney has no money in her account. Sigourney had given her friend, an IRS agent her account number and had the agent hold all her money so it appeared she was broke. Sigourney convinces Jennifer to do one last con.The women drive along the beach in a speedboat looking at possible people to con. Jennifer has her eyes set on a young mamas boy while Sigourney sees an old single man (Gene Hackman) who is a chain smoker and coughs every 3 seconds. The two decide to go with Gene Hackman, while Jennifer is not to sure.Sigourney moves in on Gene at an auction, while Jennifer is at a bar, owned by Jason Lee. He approaches Jennifer and asks her what she wanted to drink. Jennifer thought this was a pick up line and freaked out at him. While Jason comes back with a drink, Jennifer gets a phone call from her mother.Jennifer storms out of the bar and goes to the spot her mother told her and lays out a spike strip in the road so Gene Hackman would get into a car accident. Little did she know that she left her purse at the bar and Jason Lee was returning it. He runs over the spike strip and crashes into a tree. The two have an awkward moment when Jennifer sees Gene coming and pushes Jason Lee down a hill so he does not see the spike strip in the road. The two fall down while Gene crashes into Jasons car. Jennifer then makes out with Jason to keep him distracted while Sigourney convinces Gene that she will take him home.Once home Sigourney has an encounter with the housekeeper of Genes home. It turns out that the housekeeper is on to Sigurneys plan. Jennifer goes into the maids room and sets her up by making it appear she stole all of Genes ex-wifes jewelry. The maid goes to jail and Jennifer becomes the new housekeeper.After a night out on the town, Gene Hackman comes to Sigourneys house and asks her to marry him. Along with him he brought a statue that Sigourney bought at the auction where they met but broke the penis off (it was a statue of a naked man) . Gene brought it back penis and all. After Gene asks her to marry him, he goes to kiss her and trips and hits his head on the penis of the statue and dies.Ray Liotta then shows up and asks Sigourney to marry him because he messed up and he hasnt forgotten about what they had and he wants another chance. Jennifer Love Hewitt walks in and Liotta realizes he was "played" by the two women. He demands his money back but they don't have any. They decide if he helps them put Hackman's body back to his own house they would include him in the next con.Jennifer Love Hewitt goes pack to the bartender and he eventually asks her to marry him. She has a few doubts but with Sigourney and Liotta posing as her second cousins, she eventually agrees. On their wedding night, they pull the same routine with them about to have sex and Jennifer fallls asleep. When he realizes she's asleep, he leaves the room. Jennifer opens her eyes and is crying. She actually loves him.Outside, Sigourney meets up with him and invites him to her house for a drink. She keeps trying to seduces him but he won't bite. Finally, Jennifer Love Hewitt comes over (as planned) and sees him asleep in Sigourney's bed.The next scene is in the divorce court and Jason Lee decides to give her whatever she wants.As they're driving home Sigourney tells Jennifer that he didn't want to sleep with her, she actually had to drug him to get him in bed.Jennifer realizes that Jason really did love her.Jason is heads back to the bar and his friend tells him he forgot a few things (after selling the bar to pay off the divorce). When he opens the door, it shows everyone welcoming him back. It was a surprise party and Jennifer is there with the papers to the bar.The next scene shows Liotta, Sigourney and Jennifer driving home from the bar. Sigourney tells Liotta that the IRS agent conned her and actually took all her money. They have to get her back.Next we see Liotta talking to the IRS agent at dinner, having a romantic evening. Waiting outside is Sigourney....

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Review:
Plus you get to look at Jennifer Love Hewitt a lot.Mother/daughter grifter duo Sigourney Weaver and JLH are on the verge of splitting up, but agree to do One Last Big Score (isn't it always the way) in order to get out of trouble with the IRS and part sufficiently loaded; Gene Hackman, as a chain-smoking pensionable zillionaire ("His liver spots are positively luminous") is their mark in Palm Beach and also the source of a lot of the fun.
In fact, he and an under-used Ray Liotta come close to swiping the film from the leads, but Sig and Love make a good team, each complementing the other - Weaver's the better actress, but Hewitt holds her own; and though the former's attractive, the latter - even in her blonde disguise - is smokin' (something the film never forgets - you get to look at Jennifer Love Hewitt a lot).The Robert Dunn/Paul Guay/Stephen Mazur script won't win plaudits from the PC brigade; "Heartbreakers" is often a farce in a good sense, but the female characters come off for the most part not as morally upright as their male counterparts (though Hackman's moneybags is by far the most repellent person here).
Pacy for sure, and often funny if not always in what the late British DJ Kenny Everett's Cupid Stunt character called "the best possible taste" (witness the oral sex gags early on), there's a distinct slowing down as the tale unfolds and Jen's growing feelings for a potential mark (Jason Lee) makes it more sentimental than cynics would like; the first half of the movie is funnier and edgier than the second.
But you get to look at Jennifer Love Hewitt a lot.In the end, "Heartbreakers" has a tone a bit too much like the likes of "Are You Being Served?" to be a must-view for all; the movie sometimes comes across like a "Carry On" film.
Okay, so it's not much like a "Carry On" film, but it does make for a good two hours' watching; Weaver fans will get a particular kick out of her rendition of "Back In The U.S.S.R.", and Hackman fans will enjoy seeing him upstage everyone except for Hewitt's anatomy; I gave this 7 out of 10, but I should have given this an 8 purely on that count.
The Con Is On. A movie that proves that what you see is not necessarily what you get, as a mother/daughter team con one well-heeled member of the opposite sex after another, in `Heartbreakers,' directed by David Mirkin and starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
An amusing, and at times hilarious comedy, the fact that it works as well as it does can be attributed to two things, by category:  Weaver and Hewitt; and Ray Liotta and Jason Lee.
Jennifer love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver work so well together, and the emotional scenes in the film are so believable.
Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman and Jason Lee as the love-struck victims are perfectly cast.In the scene where Jennifer Love Hewitt is on the bed "sleeping", and opens her eyes crying, I was and still am choked when I see it.
Pussy Power is this films message,and Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt are two hot actresses who team up to create Max and Page Conners,a seductively sexy mother/daughter con team who deviously lure men into marriage and then leave them broken hearted,and....Broke.
Heartbreakers is a delightful comedy that proves how deceitful a clever woman can be,as Weaver demonstrates as the gorgeous and alluring Max Conners,who targets wealthy gentleman,walks them down the aisle,and then empties their pockets through divorce when she discovers that they have eyes for other women.But the amusing thing about this film is that the other women is Max's sexy younger daughter Page,and she can turn just as many heads as her mother.Unknown to her husbands,Page is trained to seduce them,helping her mother get out of her newest marriage with a few bucks in her pocket,and the freedom to put more foolish men under her spell.Ray Liotta is hilarious as Dean,and Vinnie Stagliano,the ex husband of Max,who is bitter and desperate for revenge when he discovers how much of a bitch his ex wife is.Meanwhile,Page believes she could just as easily lure men into marriage like her mother,and sets her sights on Jack Withroe (Jason Lee)a bar owner who falls in love with her,unaware of her game.But the plot really gets interesting when we learn that Page has a heart and is in love with Jack.The ending is exciting,enjoyable and romantic.Heartbreakers is a fun film for the females,with plenty of eye candy and cleavage for the males!.
HEARTBREAKERS / (2001) *** (out of four)Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Jeffrey Jones, Gene Hackman, Nora Dunn, and Anne Bancroft.
"Heartbreakers" is easily one of the funniest comedies of the year.The film stars Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love-Hewitt as Max and Page, two conniving con artists who use their good looks to get what they want.
As the movie opens, Max is married to small-time Jersey womanizer Dean Cumanno (Ray Liotta), but the marriage is short lived when Max shows up at his office the next day only to find her newlywed fooling around with an attractive younger woman-her daughter, Page.
The whole act was a setup for a abrupt and easy divorce settlement, with the two double-dealers coming away from the act with their pockets overloaded with three-hundred thousand dollars and a really nice car.Page is growing up and wants to start a business on her own, but her mother thinks she is not yet ready and finds them both in a demanding circumstance: the IRS needs lots of money real soon from Max and Page.
The two must decide how to deal with these situations, all while persuading Tensy to further fall for Max in attempt to pay off the IRS.Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver deliver performances that are both sexy and funny.
Its about a sexy mother and daughter pairing of Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love-Hewitt who basically marry men for their money; every character seems to be double crossing every other character, and it makes for terrific viewing.Each member of the cast puts in a top performance, the characters are all intelligently written and the story is very strong and interesting.I have to recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good laugh, this is definitely not just a another chick flick, it is a brilliantly funny movie.
Tragically some women can't be trusted, especially when they're working on man's weakness, by using temptation.The movie takes maximum advantage of all the funny things that can happen when a mother and daughter team of marriage con goes out to dig the gold out of rich men.
But the plan is still to con the guy into being seduced by the mother (who's pretending to be the cousin of her own daughter) on the night of the wedding of the daughter to the bar owner.The movie is a comedy but hits close to home about how men can be conned by having wool put over their eyes in the name of love, and by some forceful means.
That's what makes this movie an extra delight to watch.The movie is actually a love comedy with a twist, and lives up to both the comedy, and romance aspect of the story as well.Jennifer Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver puts on great performance as well as the supporting casts.Great movie that I wish they made more of its kind..
The story is interesting, the laughs are plenty and the acting is top notch.Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt play mother and daughter who con rich men into marrying them, to divorce them soon after for a hefty divorce settlement.
Heartbreakers (2001) starring Jennifer love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta, and Gene Hackman is a very funny well done comedy about conwomen mother and daughter.
I loved the casting, Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer love Hewitt play their roles very well and they have good on screen chemistry as a team.
It's about a mother/daughter con team of Max and Page (played by Sigourney Weaver of `Aliens' and Jennifer Love Hewitt of `Can't Hardly Wait') who prey upon wealthy men with the mom as bait and the daughter as cheating material to end the marriage in a fraudulent divorce.
While this seems to work fine for them on a rich chop shop owner named Dean (Ray Liotta of `Goodfellas') and tobacco tycoon William Tensy (Gene Hackman of `Enemy of the State'), they run into a unexpected problem when Page falls for a bar owner named Jack (Jason Lee of `Chasing Amy') and actually grows a conscience on their supposed `last con'.
Due to the hilarious performances by Liotta and Hackman, and the amazing turn for Hewitt (from the dreadful `Party of Five'), this movie stayed on track and kept the laughs rolling.
For all those guys who debated seeing this movie because it looks like a chick film, but you really like Jennifer Love Hewitt.....GO SEE IT!
I didn't switch--not that it's something you should rush out and see, but it's got some very funny bits of business supplied by Gene Hackman (as a disgusting old man) and Sigourney Weaver, funny when she's impersonating a Russian chanteuse.It's a tepid variation on the "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" theme and this time it's a mother-daughter team who make an unforgettable pair of schemers.
But if I had seen this movie in high school (a temporal impossibility), things might have been different.This film stars Hewitt, alongside Sigourney Weaver, as a pair of black widows who con men into marrying them so they can reap the divorce money.
It's the impressive list of guest stars they con along the way: Kevin Nealon, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Jones, Gene Hackman and Jason Lee.If the cast doesn't sell you, there are key scenes you won't want to miss: Sigourney Weaver posing as a Russian woman singing the Beatles' "Back in the USSR"...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.Although possibly not as great a comedy as that movie, this flick has many good laughs.
And for the complaints of the happy ending, this movie is really a romantic comedy.Sigourney Weaver is great, and is another female Hollywood lead that proves that older women can be incredibly sexy.Jennifer Love Hewitt does a convincing job of playing daughter and has good chemistry from Weaver.
I really Enjoyed this Movie, Both lead Actresses play well and are funny.I've seen it about 5 times and am gonna buy it on dvd.Jennifer love hewitt was the main reason i watched this as i've liked all her movies but this is probably my favourite of hers,The movie's got a great storyline and laughs from the start, I'd give it a 8/10.
The cast is excellent for this film, you can't go wrong with Gene Hackman, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
I've watched Heartbreakers over ten times and it never fails to make me laugh at the crazy antics of the characters who made this movie enjoyable for viewers.Pairing up actresses Sigourney Weaver & Jennifer Love Hewitt to play the mother/daughter con team was genius they're incredibly talented and beautiful women,their performance was fantastic.Gene Hackman's part as the tobacco tycoon was good of all his acting roles this was his funniest one yet.
One of my favorite scenes is when Page falls asleep on the bed and begins to cry it's then shown that she really loves this nice guy.Max (Weaver) & Page (Hewitt) Conners are a sexy mother/daughter con artist team who make men fall in love then break their hearts and steal their cash.
"Heartbreakers" is a comedy with 2 con artists both female named Max Conners(Sigourney Weaver) and her daughter Page Conners/Jane Helstrom(Jennifer Love Hewitt) that go around conning men out of there money, because usually when it comes down to it they know most of the time men tend to think with there dick instead of there brain when dealing with attractive women.
The ending is perhaps never much in doubt, and yes it's going to be too sweet for some, but preparing for a formula ending whilst having a laugh on the way is, I think, all one can expect from a production such as this.Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta and Gene Hackman lead the way.
Jennifer Love Hewitt plays her role so well as a really naive and beautiful woman in need of independence and Sigourney Weaver is hilarious and so convincing as her mother.
Ray Liota plays his role very well as well- Its one of the best comedies that I have come across in a very long time and its the sort of movie that both men and women can enjoy..
You can't miss Sigorney Weaver alongside Gene Hackman or Jennifer Love Hewitt seducing Ray Liotta without cracking up.
Signorney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt, that fat girl in a bikini, are "Heartbreakers" in this 2001 film also starring Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft and Nora Dunn.
I have always liked Sigourney Weaver, and this movie did not change my opinion of her acting skills in any way.It's a an interesting comedy with a good plot and funny situations.
In their zeal/greed to con men, mother-daughter team Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt keep getting themselves into impossible situations and then getting themselves out in witty, ingenious ways.
Everything in this movie is hilarious, including the small scenes and things that go on in the background, like Gene Hackman's parrot; Ray Liotta goes fishing; and anything Anne Bancroft does.
Heartbreakers (2001) Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft, Jeffrey Jones, Nora Dunn, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Ricky Jay, Sarah Silverman, D: David Mirkin.
However everything is put at risk due to Page breaking the top rule of the game by falling in love.With the cast involved and some good looking trailers, I decided to watch this film when it came onto television, hoping for it to be smart, funny and entertaining.
Sigourney Weaver was good as well, although she apparently chose to play her role straight rather than a little wacky, which would have fit the movie's theme better I feel.I can recommend this film without reservation.Who should see this film:-- Comedy lovers, a must-see, especially for the modern womanwho liked "Charlie's Angels".
Jennifer Love Hewitt, who I do not usually like that much, does a great job with her character Paige and is probably the best role that she has ever played.
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman and Jason Lee are all excellent.
And the mother and daughter con team is played by Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Then, Liotta is seduced by Weaver's daughter, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt.
What I liked about Heartbreakers is the chemistry between Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
In this movie, I think she does a pretty good job, playing Weaver's daughter.
I really liked this movie despite it is a little bit silly but Hey I had a lot of fun watching it and it has the most important thing about a movie that it is being entertaining which is very rare for a silly comedy film which last 2 hours (a lot of time for this kind of movies which frequently last 100 minutes top).The performances are really funny, Jennifer Love Hewitt looks great with all the sexy clothe she wears through the film (this is a very good reason just to see it).
It's the kind of film a person can watch without engaging too many brain cells after a hard week of work and which offers action set in luxurious surroundings (always an upper when you're feeling down) and some fine and amusing acting by Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta, and Gene Hackman.
Watch it, you will like it if you like a good comedy, and Jennifer Love Hewitt is Soooooooo sexy, believe me..
Well, if you've seen the trailers, you pretty much know the plot; mother-daughter con artist team played by Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Jason Lee and Jennifer Love Hewitt have good chemistry in this movie, which I wished would have been explored more.
Ray Liotta, who I haven't seen in a while, is really fun as the latest of Weaver's jilted husbands."Heartbreakers" is probably not for guys, unless they REALLY want to see Jennifer Love Hewitt in some VERY VERY short, tight dresses and high high heels.
There are only three characters who have any real substance to them: Sigourney Weaver's Max, Jennifer Love Hewitt's Page, and Gene Hackman's outrageous spluttering billionaire, William B Tensy.
"Heartbreakers" could have been a brilliant comedy, namely because of the general plot idea and Gene Hackman's, maybe also Sigourney Weaver's, acting, but it seems that the producers got cold feet and decided to play it safe by throwing in the extremely corny Jennifer Love Hewitt - finding - true - romance subplot.
Max and Page -  mother and daughter - (Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt) are marriage impostors.
Sigourney Weaver and Love Hewitt play a mother-daughter con woman team.
Sigourney Weaver, and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in a sexy comedy about a mother and daughter who break hearts and bank accounts as they charm their way across the country.
But Heartbreakers is funny and Jennifer Love Hewitt shines as Page the junior member of a mother/daughter con game.
Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman were gold together; he was as lecherous as they come, and Jason Lee is always good :)Anyway, this movie deserves better than it's rating, it was hilarious when it tried to be, and sweet and sentimental where it needed to be.
It is hard to exactly see where the point of this story is going sometimes because it is dealing with so much, but still the dialogue is very good and David Mirkin gets his cast to all put in lively and wild performances that make it all seem worth while.Our two cons are Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a mother- daughter team who center their sights on two timing males.