Film is as dodgy as title, unfortunately. A revealing writing credit - 'Robert Dunn and Paul Guay & Stephen Mazur' - usually a sign of a rewrite. Not that it's done any good. Dialogue is weak, plot shallow, incidents dumb and as it involves mother-daughter scammers, not twisty enough. That it's at all watchable is down to Sigourney Weaver, and Gene Hackman as an emphysemic billionaire; with ice cream scoop Jennifer Love Hewitt (unsubtle), Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft and Zach Galifianakis (a non-part).
Shot by Dean Semler in Panavision and edited by William Steinkamp (Out of Africa, Tootsie, The Fabulous Baker Boys).
Frequently unfunny, sexist and stupid. Now, to the bad points...
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