Heartbreakers is an entertaining and all around fun crime-comedy featuring good performances all around but especially Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt who are wonderful together and the sole reasons this movie still works today going on 14 years.
Heartbreakers
(2001)
REVIEW NAVIGATION
The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overall
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Romance
Olive Films | PG13 – 123 min. – $29.95 | November 17, 2015
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THE MOVIE – 3.5/5 |
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Plot Synopsis: Heartbreakers follow the escapades of Max (SIGOURNEY WEAVER) and Page (JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT) Conners, two con artists who use beauty and brains to bilk big bucks from their perspective suitors, Page’s plan for a solo career is threatened when confronted by the IRS (agent played by ANNE BANCROFT) for back taxes. So, it’s time for one last job. With their sights set on tobacco tycoon William B. Tensy (GENE HACKMAN) it looks like their problems are solved. Enter former con, Dean Cumano (RAY LIOTTA) and potential con (and romantic interest), Jack Withrowe (JASON LEE) and the stage is set for comic confusion of the highest order. Quick Hit Review: I saw this back in 2001 when it was in the theaters for one reason only: Jennifer Love Hewitt and boy she, and Sigourney Weaver, didn’t fail but beyond their beauty and, ahem, assets, the story is fun and the comic aspect really works as does the romantic portion between Hewitt and Lee. No, it’s not great nor terribly memorable but well worth a watch if only for the two ladies. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 2.0/5 |
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Although a fair number of the features from DVD were ported over, for whatever reason, the two Audio Commentaries with David Mirkin, Weaver and Hewitt, were not brought over presumably over rights issues (I hope) so for those who own the DVD, hang on to it. Laffs & Gaffes (11:45; SD) is a featurette on the cast and their abilities for comedy and include outtake footage. Making of Heartbreakers Documentary (22:12; SD) is just a standard behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew interviews explaining the origins of the story that began 10 years ago to the characters. Deleted Scenes (22:44; SD) are several scenes that for one reason or another didn’t make the cut. Trailer (2:19; HD) |
VIDEO – 3.0/5 |
| Heartbreaks arrives on Blu-ray through Olive Films presented with a 1080p high-definition and shown in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio. This isn’t a great looking picture with so-so detail, soft colors and littered with scratch marks, debris and other flaws so clearly, but not surprisingly, no work had been done. As it is, it’s probably only moderately better than the DVD. |
AUDIO – 3.75/5 |
| The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track comes out of this for the better showcasing good dialogue levels throughout but especially coming to life with the score and Danny Elfman’s theme. Each channel gets good usage with the rear channels reserved for ambient noises and the score while the bulk of the audio comes through the center speaker with decent depth. Obviously this being a comedy it is limited, however. |
OVERALL – 3.0/5 |
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Overall, Heartbreakers is an entertaining and all around fun crime-comedy featuring good performances all around but especially Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt who are wonderful together and the sole reasons this movie still works today going on 14 years. The Blu-ray released by Olive Films is OK porting over most of the features but missing two commentaries while the video is average and the audio respectable.
Published: 11/23/2015 |
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