American Hustle

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American Hustle (2013)

R 12/03/2013 (US) Drama, Crime 2h 18m

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Everyone hustles to survive.

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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.

David O. Russell

Director, Writer
Eric Warren Singer

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Christian Bale

Irving Rosenfeld
Bradley Cooper

Richie DiMaso
Amy Adams

Sydney Prosser
Jeremy Renner

Mayor Carmine Polito
Jennifer Lawrence

Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Louis C.K.

Stoddard Thorsen
Jack Huston

Pete Musane
Michael Peña

Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah
Shea Whigham

Carl Elway
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A review by DanDare

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Written by DanDare on March 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 p... read the rest.

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