Heartbreakers (2001)

There’s a whole lot of unevenness in the story here that makes what could have been a really entertaining film about a mother-daughter con artist team into an overly-long mess with only occasional moments of good. The story takes too long to get started and some of the con parts are drawn out for way too long, while others are blink and you miss it. Sigourney Weaver is underutilized as the mother part of the duo and Jennifer Love Hewitt, squeezed into any number of mini dresses, is shoehorned into a love story with Jason Lee. I do really enjoy the power and energy Hewitt brings to her role and Weaver gets to show her comedic side. There is also a great mix of supporting characters played by a good number of well-known actors.