Heartbreakers
Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 32
  3. Negative: 6 out of 32
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    Despite its talented and/or attractive cast, Heartbreakers is an ugly movie: The kind that makes you feel slightly soiled afterwards.
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  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    33
    A limp and annoying picture.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    30
    Heartbreakers gives redemption a bad name, but gives conniving misanthropy a worse one.
  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    There's nothing wrong with the structure of Heartbreakers, but David Mirkin's direction is woefully clumsy -- and the movie's tone is nasty.
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  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    25
    It's a sorry specimen if ever there was one, and could even stand as an argument for how the movies have deteriorated in recent years.
  6. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    20
    What is the great Gene Hackman doing in the dingbat con-artist comedy Heartbreakers.

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User Score
7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. IanMD197
    9
    Heartbreakers surprised me. Being a huge Jennifer Love Hewitt fan it was inevitable that I'd get around to this movie eventually but it was one of the last one's starring her that I saw. When I sat down to watch it I was expecting it to be like most of her movies, fun if a little lacking, but from the moment Heartbreakers opened I was thoroughly entertained. It has a great story, the acting of all the main characters (especially Hewitt and Weaver) is remarkably good, and the jokes are genuinely funny. I've re-watched the move several times since and it's kept me equally entertained each time. So if a movie is incredibly entertaining, hits all the notes it wants to hit, and has great acting to boot, it must be the perfect movie right? Well in this case, nearly.… Full Review »
  2. IanM197
    9
    Heartbreakers surprised me. Being a huge Jennifer Love Hewitt fan it was inevitable that I'd get around to this movie eventually but it was one of the last one's starring her that I saw. When I sat down to watch it I was expecting it to be like most of her movies, fun if a little lacking, but from the moment Heartbreakers opened I was thoroughly entertained. It has a great story, the acting of all the main characters (especially Hewitt and Weaver) is remarkably good, and the jokes are genuinely funny. I've re-watched the move several times since and it's kept me equally entertained each time. So if a movie is incredibly entertaining, hits all the notes it wants to hit, and has great acting to boot, it must be the perfect movie right? Well in this case, nearly.… Full Review »
  3. JayH
    7
    What a delightful surprise, I wasn't sure what to expect, but this film had such charming twists and surprises. What was really amazing was how good Jennifer Love Hewitt was. Sigourney Weaver was expectedly fabulous. The scene of which one of them could get a guy to by her a drink first is a classic hysterically funny scene.… Full Review »
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