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HeartBreakers
Special Edition
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Starring: |
Sigourney
Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee,
Jeffrey Jones |
| Director: |
David
Mirkin |
| MPAA rating: |
PG-13 |
| Genre: |
Comedy
- Romance |
| Studio: |
MGM Home
Entertainment |
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Movie: B+ |
Video: A- |
Audio: B+ |
Extras: B+ |
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Summary: This mother and daughter con team are out to get
divorce settlements from unsuspecting men who can easily be lured by old
fashion beauty and charm without even giving into sex. The thrill and
fun is in conning the men without intimately attaching themselves to their
victims. This team may even con you out of your money to buy the "HeartBreakers"
Special Edition DVD. Sigourney Weaver never looks better, and it is
hard to believe that Weaver, Hewitt, and Hackman can crack the comedy genre.
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The Story
Maxine
(Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) Conners are a mother and
daughter team out to con unsuspecting men for divorce settlements.
Maxine lures the prey to the altar, and then Page leads them into temptation
with explicit sexual cues and advances. The mother and daughter team
con their victims out of a hefty settlement without even having to
consummate the marriage on the wedding night. How long can this team keep conning
men?
When Page announces that she is ready to go off on her
own, Maxine talks her into do the last job by luring the wealthy, but dying
tobacco tycoon Tensy (Gene Hackman) to the altar. While Maxine is busy
courting Tensy, Page is catching her own prey. After several failed
attempts, inexperienced Page realizes that she is not ready to do the con
herself. However, she discovers that the bartender who she has several
unpleasant run-ins with is a would-be millionaire. She thinks she can con him,
but will she be able to? This sassy mother and daughter team may even con you out of
your money to buy this funny and sexy comedy on DVD.
The Extras
In this Special Edition DVD, "HeartBreakers"
comes with the following bonus features:
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Two audio commentaries: director David Mirkin track,
and Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt track
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Two original documentaries: "The Making of
Heartbreakers" and "Bloopers, Laffs and Gaffes" --
an inside look at the film from casting through theatrical release and a
hilarious look at the chemistry of the cast and crew, bloopers, outtakes
are a must see.
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19 deleted scenes (not the 22 mentioned on the box) with optional director's audio
commentary: very short scenes which delve into character and link the
circumstances. Some are great scenes but you just have to be
patient and select each scene and then press play because there isn't a
"Play All" button!
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Original theatrical trailer
Overall, this is a pretty decent set of bonus features
for an MGM DVD release.
Video & Audio
The image quality of this anamorphic
widescreen DVD is very good. The colors are accurate and
saturated, while shadow detail is also very good. The Dolby
Digital 5.1 soundtrack is well balanced with conservative use of the
surround channels, while the dialogue remains crystal clear.
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
Be sure to check out our Top 10 DVDs of the year
2001 and our list of this year's Oscar winners on DVD.
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