Everyone hustles to survive.
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.
Stoddard Thorsen
suprmed
Jan 1, 2014
Good
DanDare
Mar 20, 2017
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.
stackkorora
Dec 22, 2019
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.
The film's tagline is: "Everyone hustles to survive."
With a budget of $40.0M, the film grossed $251.2M — a profit of $211.2M (528% ROI).
The runtime is 138 minutes (2h 18m).
The film was directed by David O. Russell.
The screenplay was written by David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer.
The score was composed by Danny Elfman.
Cinematography was handled by Linus Sandgren.
The film features a large ensemble cast of over 75 credited actors.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt1800241.
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Good
7,719 votes
Critic avg. 6.7 (3 reviews)
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American Hustle
Released
R
English
United States of America
$40,000,000
$251,171,807
