Heartbreakers 2001

Critics score:
53 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Laugh out loud? You bet. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: It's too long and overplayed, and only sporadically funny. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Naughty is an outdated word in an era of proud nastiness, but Heartbreakers has a slinky, teasing quality that recalls the dressed-up comedies of the studio era. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: I'm thrilled to report that Sigourney holds her own. Lord, does that woman work it. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: You stick with it because Weaver and her co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt are so appealing. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The film unfolds in an impersonal, by-the-book fashion that threatens to become downright laborious. Read more

Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: At just over two hours, Heartbreakers stretches its premise and easygoing silliness to the maximum. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Great escapist fun. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: A two-hour marathon. Read more

Sheila Norman-Culp, Associated Press: A concoction by director David Mirkin that never fails to sink to the lowest common denominator -- yet often hits a funny bone. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: At best, a half hearted mercenary farce. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: There are not enough Hefty bags in all The Home Depots to contain the trash generated by this vulgar burlesque. Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Unwieldy, dumb, rarely funny (and never truly hilarious) and largely charmless. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's not a great comedy, but it's a raucous one, hard-working and ribald, and I like its spirit. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Unless you're a Hackman aficionado, there's no reason to bother with Heartbreakers. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more

Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today: Director David Mirkin, whose Romy and Michele's High School Reunion was similarly afflicted, never gets the timing right and allows the story to drag with little internal logic. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A picture to be watched for its plot mechanics and very occasional laughs rather than with any engagement in its characters or the stakes involved. Read more

Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Oafishly staged by zoom-addled David Mirkin. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Trust me, you'll want to leave these people to get on with their tedious scams alone. Read more