American Hustle
American Hustle tells the story of that brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
5 January 1969, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
20 November 1972, Redlands, California, USA
1965, USA
5 January 1975, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 18, 2016
A movie as smart as 'American Hustle' knows that those tactile pleasures only matter if they're attached to some kind of emotional resonance.
January 08, 2014
It turns out that comb-overs, cleavage, cocaine and kookiness are an unbeatable combo.
December 19, 2013
The source of this movie's galvanizing intrigue is that the characters remain in play -- they never settle into place
April 18, 2016
If American Hustle has anything real to say, it's some minor bromide about greed and corruption. Ultimately, like its central characters, it's is all about 'tude; of that, it's got a ton.
July 14, 2016
American Hustle is about life as a performance, the ways in which we perceive ourselves and wish to be perceived by others.
January 08, 2014
Save your admiration for the performances, especially Lawrence, who is now Hollywood's most important presence in front of the camera.
December 20, 2013
Director David O. Russell and co-writer Eric Warren Singer grab hold of the FBI's long-time Abscam sting (conducted in the late '70s into 1980) as their kernel of truth, then Jiffy Pop it like mad.
June 21, 2016
If only this set of memorable characters were serving a story that didn't feel half-rate.
April 08, 2016
Full of agreeable performances and a few "aha" moments that most filmmakers would kill for, but it never comes together in any meaningful way.
December 20, 2013
American Hustle is a movie built on that cornerstone of the American Dream, reinvention. If you're not happy with who you are, or who people think you are, then go ahead and become somebody else. Anything to survive - and thrive.
April 12, 2016
There's not a lot of takeaway from American Hustle, but that's Russell's personality-he's got a great appetite for verve and foolhardy spectacle, rather than reverb and real-life substance.
December 20, 2013
Ambitious even as it studies, exploits and explodes ambition, "American Hustle" is as good as any American film this year. It's also a lot of fun. Don't miss it.
