“Heartbreakers” is essentially the female version of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”. Much like that film, everything is in place for it to work but it just never quite hits the mark; the setup is there but there is often no punchline.

Max (Sigourney Weaver “Alien”, “Ghostbusters”) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt “The Tuxedo”) are a mother and daughter con team that specialise in seducing wealthy men. When the two owe money to the authorities, they decide to pull off one last scam for the score of a lifetime but things prove harder than they expected.

Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt both look very attractive here and the film gets them to wear all kinds of exotic clothing but fails to make them interesting or funny. Sure, we get to see their cleavages but when do they deliver any great lines? Their chemistry is reasonable but nothing particularly impressive and again, I can see how a funnier script could have helped matters. Gene Hackman (“Superman: The Movie”) is great as an elderly tobacco millionaire. Ray Liotta (“Goodfellas”) is okay as another victim of Max and Page. Jason Lee (“Mallrats”) is somewhat annoying here. Carrie Fisher (“Star Wars”) has a cameo as a divorce lawyer that you may wish to keep an eye out for.

“Heartbreakers” has its moments where makes us smile but it never lives up to its potential. Many of the scenes just come across as awkward rather than amusing and that’s a shame because there are enough talented people on the screen to provide us with some entertainment. If you want to watch a good comedy about scamming people than try “The Producers” instead but if you think you would prefer to see a con artist movie with female leads then you will have to settle for this instead.