Overview
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive 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.
I was really really excited to see this film. I loved the director and the cast and it visually looked appealing. And that was the problem – the film was all sizzle and very little meat. It very much looked and felt like people were dressing up in funny clothes to put on a play. Ugh…. so disappointing. It wasn’t terrible by any stretch of the imagination. It just wasn’t great or even very good. The shame is that Christian Bale was amazing in his role.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews American Hustle
Movie title: American Hustle
Movie description: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive 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.
Date published: 2014-03-01
Director(s): David O. Russell
Actor(s): Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Peña, Shea Whigham, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Röhm, Paul Herman, Saïd Taghmaoui, Matthew Russell, Thomas Matthews, Adrian Martinez, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Camp, Steve Gagliastro, Christopher Tarjan, Zachariah Supka, Christy Scott Cashman, Simon Hamlin, Martie Barylick, Dawn Olivieri, Erica McDermott, Dicky Eklund Jr., Robert De Niro, John Franchi, Danny Corbo, Sonny Corbo, Jack Jones, Gavin Maddox Bergman
Genre: Drama, Crime
My Review
I was really really excited to see this film. I loved the director and the cast and it visually looked appealing. And that was the problem – the film was all sizzle and very little meat. It very much looked and felt like people were dressing up in funny clothes to put on a play. Ugh…. so disappointing. It wasn’t terrible by any stretch of the imagination. It just wasn’t great or even very good. The shame is that Christian Bale was amazing in his role.
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My Review - 7.5/10
7.5/10