Heartbreakers
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: March 23, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
17
Negative:
6
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60
Chicago ReaderReece Pendleton
Despite its nasty facade, this comedy is surprisingly good-natured. Read full review
60
SlateDavid Edelstein
Con-artist caper comedies are almost always piffle, but there's a fierce, cruel competition at the heart of Heartbreakers that gives it some bite. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
A sporadically amusing romp modeled on "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
To its credit, Heartbreakers lives up to expectations. Almost.
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Never tickles your nasty bone, perhaps because, in an era when the gossip pages are dotted with news of celebrity prenups, the prospect of marriage as a route to instant fortune seems less scandalous than it does like business as usual. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
If you're going to serve up a half-baked idea, you might as well have Sigourney Weaver do the cooking. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's an obvious effort through and through, but that doesn't seem to dampen its ridiculous charm one bit. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
Heartbreakers' implausible level of comedy just grows tedious, as it's neither smartly witty nor full-throttle absurd. Read full review
50
Film.comSean Means
Hewitt's twin assets may be enough for a lot of moviegoers -- which may be the biggest con Heartbreakers pulls off. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
The nasty, overlong and undisciplined sourball of a sex farce about a mother-daughter con team will nonetheless satisfy bigenerational libidinous fantasies. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Lacks the kind of rhythm and snap to make it work -- and allows this fitfully entertaining romp to dribble on way too long. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
When the youngsters are out of the way and old pros Hackman and Weaver work, it's hard to really dislike Heartbreakers. Sometimes, it's even a little bit of harmless fun.
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Cries out for the brisk pacing of a Sturges or a Wilder. As is, it's too lumpish, languid, and lukewarm to hit even the guilty pleasure zone.
40
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
Folks who are desperate to ogle Hewitt and Weaver probably can't be warned off this turkey.
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Trust me, you'll want to leave these people to get on with their tedious scams alone. Read full review
40
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Overstays its welcome by at least a half-hour after never getting very high off the ground in the first place. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
While in her earlier movies Jennifer Love Hewitt made an impression by spilling out of her tops, in this one she spills out of her clothes at both ends. This could, if one were feeling charitable, be construed as a broadening of her range. Read full review
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