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American Hustle
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Synopsis: The story of con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner Sydney Prosser is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Caught between the con-artists and Feds is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator, but it's Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn who could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.
Director: David O. Russell
Writers: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
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Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld
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Bradley Cooper as FBI Agent Richard "Richie" DiMaso
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Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser/Lady Edith Greensly
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Jeremy Renner as Mayor Carmine Polito
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Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
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Louis C.K. as Stoddard Thorsen
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Jack Huston as Pete Musane
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Michael Peña as Paco Hernandez/Sheik Abdullah
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Shea Whigham as Carl Elway
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Alessandro Nivola as Anthony Amado
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Metacritic Score: 88
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I recently watched American Hustle and while it certainly had some excellent acting in it, the story seemed to fall flat in some areas and leave the audience in a lull.
I'll start by stating that I am not a film critic or even a film buff, I am just a guy who likes movies. That being said, I can generally follow a film without much effort and am not one of those people who needs to keep pausing in order to ask questions and figure out what is going on.
With this film, however, I found myself wondering why the hell they were even going after Carmine (Jeremy Renner) in the first place? What was the point? He seemed like a genuine guy and he wasn't corrupt to begin with, so why target him? Also, I thought they were contracted to capture 4 other people. The entire plot of the movie revolved around them getting Carmine (a genuinely nice guy) and as a result used him to get others after the fact. This seems weird. I figured they would want to get the people he (Christian Bale) was doing business with prior to his arrest. From what I observed Jeremy Renner's character went to what he thought was a private investor to fund his project on redoing Atlantic City. I am not sure what was illegal about that. He didn't really take a bribe considering all of the money was used towards the intended project. The illegal shit started happening when he began giving suitcases of money to other politicians to secure the "Sheiks" citizenship....but at the end of the day, how is that any different from a cop writing off a bunch of tickets for a friend or squashing a DUI for a family member?
I understand Bradley Coopers character wanted to make a name for himself, but I don't think they did a good job at explaining these details during his development. They kind of just threw you into it. Sometimes this works, but here I don't think it worked quite as well as it could've.
Next, this was a conman movie. When watching it I already knew it was up for Best Picture and so I was viewing it as one. I found myself constantly thinking about The Sting (1973) with Paul Newman and Robert Redford and found that this version of a conman film didn't really compare. That was a best picture film. American Hustle was still a great film, but I don't think it quite compares to it's predecessors.
Thoughts?
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