American Hustle

“Everyone hustles to survive.”

6.9

2013

2h 18m

DramaCrime

Director: David O. Russell

Overview

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Trailer

American Hustle - Official Trailer - In Theaters December 20th Official

Cast

Irving Rosenfeld

Christian Bale

Irving Rosenfeld

Richie DiMaso

Bradley Cooper

Richie DiMaso

Sydney Prosser

Amy Adams

Sydney Prosser

Mayor Carmine Polito

Jeremy Renner

Mayor Carmine Polito

Rosalyn Rosenfeld

Jennifer Lawrence

Rosalyn Rosenfeld

Stoddard Thorsen

Louis C.K.

Stoddard Thorsen

Pete Musane

Jack Huston

Pete Musane

Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah

Michael Peña

Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah

Carl Elway

Shea Whigham

Carl Elway

Anthony Amado

Alessandro Nivola

Anthony Amado

Dolly Polito

Elisabeth Röhm

Dolly Polito

Alfonse Simone

Paul Herman

Alfonse Simone

Reviews

suprmed

Good

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DanDare

American Hustle is has a heavy dose of Scorsese circa 1970s with the violence replaced more by black humour. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner and Bradley Cooper all deliver excellent performances. Robert De Niro makes a cameo and reminds the audience why he was at one time the best screen actor in the world. This is a black comedy-drama set in the late 1970's based on the true life Abscam scandal. FBI agents and con artists joined up to frame politicians for taking bribes. Bale plays a pot bellied hustler with bad hair. Amy Adams is his partner in crime who passes off as an English Aristocrat. Both have struck it rich in a scam where they dupe arrangement fees for loans that never come to fruition. Cooper is the ambitious FBI agent with a big ego who has the the mafia in his sights and wants to reel in a big catch but he might be out of his depth. Jeremy Renner is the charismatic Mayor of New Jersey. A man with a big heart who wants to get things done and Bale feels guilty about getting him involved in the sting operation. Director David O Russell gets great performances from his cast but the film feels flabby which blunts the story and the humour feels stretched at times.

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stackkorora

A very well acted, directed, filmed movie telling an interesting story about terrible terrible people. I didn't like and couldn't root for anyone which /almost/ made me hate the film, but it was so well done and the story was interesting...so 4 stars.

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