Everyone Hustles To Survive
17 Jan, 2014
2 hrs 24 mins
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SYNOPSIS
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock the nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper).
DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that is as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving`s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.
CAST
CREW
David O. Russell
Director| Writer| Screenplay|
Charles Rosen
Producer|
Megan Ellison
Producer|
Richard Suckle
Producer|
Bradley Cooper
Executive Producer|
Jay Cassidy
Editor|
Alan Baumgarten
Editor|
Jon Gordon
Producer|
Eric Warren Singer
Writer| Executive Producer|
Matthew Budman
Executive Producer|
George Parra
Executive Producer|
Patrick Capone
Cinematographer|
Crispin Struthers
Editor|
BMS Reviewer
The glittering ceremony that stands for everything the Academy awards do not (upclose, TV series awards, no technical awards, alcohol and food is a must) was once again hosted by the inimitable Tina Fey and hysterical Amy Poehler- who even doubled up as an award winner on Sunday night. While the description of the ceremony, ...
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Srijana Mitra Das (TOI)
American Hustle will appeal to those who like their humour, as con artist Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) puts it, `not black and white, but extremely grey.` Full of fraudsters, politicos, liars and cheats, American Hustle is a cheeky tribute to American life, sticking its tongue out deliciously at all its loving lies.
Irving and Sidney (Adams) are partners in crime, passionate about money and each other. But Irving can`t leave his son and sexy, crazy wife Rosalyn (Lawrence, playing the dumb blonde to nail-polished perfection). Irving`s life gets more twisted when he and Sidney are entrapped by the FBI`s Richard DiMaso (Cooper) who demands they catch more criminals, thus involving mayor Carmine Polito (Renner, saccharine-sweet), mob-king Victor Tellegio (De Niro), a fake sheikh, money, stress - and lots of sex.
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Mihir Fadnavis (Mid Day)
After a string of quirky edgy comedy drama hits like Flirting With Disaster and Three Kings, David O Russell underwent a career dip. I Heart Huckabees was still critically well-received, but was nowhere near the cult status of his earlier movies. The Fighter sort of rebooted his career and last years Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook has given him some sort of a wonderful adrenaline shot.
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Raja Sen (Rediff)
`Jennifer Lawrence plays the loony wife with absolutely immaculate comic timing, and lovely expressions, says Raja Sen about American Hustle.
I feel like writing this review in slow-mo.
In emphatically big hammer-thuds of the keyboard, shot beautifully and kinetically, while lurid but lovely songs play, on the nose with every changing paragraph and leaving nothing to subtlety. Ta-da ta-Da-da ta-da-da-DUM.
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