(2001)
Comedy - Running Time Approx. 120 minutes - Color
Studio...................................MGM
Director...............................David Mirkin
Produced by.................... John Davis, Irving Ong (producer)
                                 Hadeel Reda, Gary Smith(executive producer)
                                 Richard Stenta (line producer)
                                 Clayton Townsend (executive producer)
Music by...............................John Debney, Danny Elfman (theme music)
Written by............................Robert Dunn, Paul Guay & Stephen Mazur
Casting by........................... Juel Bestrop Jeanne McCarthy
Production Design by......Lilly Kilvert
Costume Design by..............Gary Jones, Ann Roth (Sigourney Weaver's gowns)



Cast:

Max Conners/Angela Nardino/Ulga Yevanova............ Sigourney Weaver
Page Conners/Wendy/Jane Helstrom ........................... Jennifer Love Hewitt
Dean Cumanno/Vinnie Staggliano........................................ Ray Liotta
Jack Withrowe............................................................................. Jason Lee
Gloria Vogal/Barbara................................................................ Anne Bancroft
William B. Tensy........................................................................... Gene Hackman
Miss Madress................................................................................ Nora Dunn
Mrs. Surpin..................................................................................... Carrie Fisher
Story:

Max and Page, two conniving con artists who use their good looks to get what they want. As the movie opens, Max is married to small-time Jersey womanizer Dean Cumanno (Ray Liotta), but the marriage is short lived when Max shows up at his office the next day only to find her newlywed fooling around with an attractive younger woman (her daughter Page). The whole act was a setup for a abrupt and easy divorce settlement, with the two double-dealers coming away from the act with their pockets overloaded with three-hundred thousand dollars and a really nice car.

Page is growing up and wants to start a business on her own, but her mother thinks she is not yet ready and finds them both in a demanding circumstance: the IRS needs lots of money real soon from Max and Page. A spiteful agent (Anne Bancroft) explains that their accounts have been drained and criminal charges are about to be pursued. Page coincides to help her mother with one last job in order to pay off the alleged debts. They find the perfect target in Palm Beach, an aging tobacco exec named William B. Tensy (Gene Hackman), who is worth over twenty million. Although neither Page or Max find this smelly chain smoking, old man particularly attractive, Max poses as a Russian aristocrat named Ulga Yevanova, while Page finds her way with Tensy as a revealing housekeeper for his local mansion.

This last job ultimately poses a few problems for Max and Page. Max finds herself followed by Dean, who seeks another martial bliss. Page finds herself falling in love with the kind-hearted owner of a local bar (Jason Lee), who is worth three million dollars. Max wants her to go for his pocketbook, but Page really has feelings for this person-even though romance is against her better judgment. The two must decide how to deal with these situations, all while persuading Tensy to further fall for Max in attempt to pay off the IRS.
Birgitte S.C.'s opinion:

This movie is absolutely Sigourney's best comedy ever! She has a hilarious part (my favourite bit is when she imposes as the Russian Ulga and visits a Russian restaurant with Tensy). From the first until the last minute the movie made me laugh. As I'm a big fan of Carrie Fisher as well, I was very happy to see both Sigourney and Carrie in one movie (they're even sitting side by side! I'm SO happy!!). The cast members are obviously enjoying themselves and everybody delivers a great performance.

I'm not giving away too much of the plot (so no favourite scenes and quotes yet, but I can assure you the movie's full of them!). I've now seen it in the cinema twice and I'm soon going to see it for the third time.

You must stop reading now and see this movie in the cinema near you!!
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