Heartbreakers
Directed by David Mirkin
- comedy
- romance
- crime
The story
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
What it’s like
Bright, glossy studio comedy in the bright sunny-Hamptons-and-Palm-Springs mold: saturated daylight, pastel resort interiors, sleek mansions with wide pool decks, and a polished digital finish with no grit. The camera stays busy but conventional, with lots of two-shots, reaction close-ups and quick cuts between comic beats, and the score is buoyant pop-jazz that keeps the mood breezy. Vibe: playful, sly and candy-coated, with a wink that stays on the surface. It suits a lazy weekend afternoon, a comfort rewatch with friends, or something easy on a long-haul flight. The pacing is brisk and the register is light, with a mother-daughter partnership full of teasing rivalry that softens into affection. Expect crude sexual innuendo, adult jokes and a few scenes of couples in bed, but little real menace: the crime is all rich-man deception and comic reversal, with no gore and only mild, slapstick-level peril. Good for fans of Sigourney Weaver's sharp, dry turns and anyone who wants a glamorous, cheerfully cynical romp with no real harm done.
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