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American Hustle (2013)

A conman and his partner navigate Jersey's criminal elite; ideal for heist movie enthusiasts and fans of character-driven dramas.

Genres: Drama, Crime

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American Hustle(2013)

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Movie2h 18mEnglishDrama, Crime
7.1
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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.

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I don'#39;t get what all the fuss was about. I didn'#39;t really enjoy it, it was a bit of a mess and I wasn'#39;t really interested in what happened to anyone in the movie. Honestly not sure why it'#39;s so highly regarded.

IMO: OK, but overrated. Alternative title: Hair..

I couldn'#39;t actually finish it, and that fact alone allows me to rate it so badly. So hard to get into!

This movie is just so empty, you are watching it out of pity and you feel more bored as you go into the plot. Actors and acting are fine, by the way, but it doesnt lift the main problem - there is just nothing to watch! Actors are looking at the camera and are like telling you '#34;Sorry, man, we are really want to show you something interesting, but all we got is this crap'#34; And that is like the whole movie

A great movie, as long as one pays attention. Soundtrack was great. Characters were outstanding.

Bale did a great job acting, but was hard to enjoy the film as a whole. Clever at times, only to be drug along with slow pacing. Decent beginning, the middle is a total snoozefest and decent ending.

great acting by Amy Adams and Christian Bale. it'#39;s a smart movie and in a way interesting. but this movie is also slow, tedious and... well, quite frankly it'#39;s boring. I rather watch a few episodes of White Collar, which is wittier, faster and more entertaining

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We will never know how the fishing story ended. I really wanted to know that.

Well, I am going to start this review with the best of it because it totally deserves the recognition, the performances. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner and Louis C.K. are all amazing! I want to talk about two performances in particular, my favorite performance that was Christian Bale'#39;s. He was the character by which I had more sympathy. He captivated me throughout the story but I thought his physical transformation would be relevant for the story. I was expecting a much more deep charater than the one that he was, but despite that, he is still my favorite. Then my second favorite performance (it'#39;s almost my favorite) has to be the fantastic Jennifer Lawrence. She provided me a few good laughs and just with 23 years old she can transform herself into Bale'#39;s crazy unbalanced wife. The film'#39;s pacing is not the best. In my opinion the dynamic that was necessary to carry most of the scenes didn'#39;t existed. I found myself bored sometimes, thankfully most of the times the next scene made me feel interested again. So I guess the film has it'#39;s ups and downs. It'#39;s maybe a little bit too long also. The story is definitely interesting but it could have been done in a much more engaging way. I can see that David O'#39;Russell valued the characters much more than he cared about the film'#39;s story. Overall, American Hustle is a disappointment. I expected so much more from it. It could be great, instead of that is just good film.

i wonder why the hype with Jennifer Lawrence , leaving the brilliant work of Amy out...

Really hard movie to rate. Slow and long. It was interesting but rarely entertaining. Some really quality acting especially from Bradley Cooper, and of course Jennifer Lawrence. I want to give it a score around 8. But I can'#39;t get round the superflous scenes and fact that it was mostly boring.

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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.

Christian Bale has always been prepared to go the extra mile for his art, but I am not sure it was worth it for this rather lengthy and messy crime caper. He portrays con-man "Irving" who works a series of scams with his glamorous British partner "Sydney" (Amy Adams). They are quite successful, until - that is - they fall foul of aspiring FBI investigator "DiMaso" (Bradley Cooper) who decides he can use their skills to infiltrate the murky world the Mafia. Add to this potentially toxic scenario the politically savvy and aptly named "Polito" (Jeremy Renner) and the omni-presence of "Rosalyn" (Jennifer Lawrence) who just happens to be the wife of "Irving" and who is none too pleased about her husband's antics with his new colleague. What ensues here now is a clunkily thrown together series of escapades that all hang on certain aspects of the story and characterisations that just don't really work. The attempts at humour miss much more than they hit; the faux-gangster plot falls flat and lacks grit or plausibility and Adams' British accent (and therefore her identity) is all over the place - I doubt it would convince even Dick van Dyke let along the FBI! The attempts at building an intricate domino-style plot where it could all come a-tumbling down at any time are too contrived, and that jeopardy presents it's self once too often and with ever diminishing effect as the story rather lurches along to it's almost slap-stick denouement. Though it features an A-list cast, there is not much chemistry on display for us here and the whole thing just takes far, far, too long to get up any head of steam. It does look good, and the soundtrack offers an enjoyably eclectic mix of songs, but I just wasn't sold on the very wordy suckering and scheming, sorry.

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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