While not an academy award winning movie in any way, it was funny and refreshing like an old fashioned movie. Thank God no Marvel, or sex scenes or F words, or car crashes or special CGI effects. Wish there were more movies like this where you can enjoy a laugh without cringing or seeing another special effect.
Loved Anne Hathaway. Her accents alone are worth the price of admission. So enjoy a good old movie with a plot that is funny and performances that are arresting. Don't listen to the bad notices. Everybody wants to see blood and guts nowadays. What a tragedy.
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ronfernandezsf11 May 2019
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ilovefoodcoma13 May 2019Well.... I think the trailer is more funny than the movie itself. The script is not well written. Not many funny scenes and the acting..... was not impressed. At first I had high expectation because of the two main characters and was hoping to see great chemistry. Unfortunately it didn't deliver.
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mmceleney25 May 2019Several years ago, Michael Caine suggested that rather than remaking hit movies, the studios rewrite and produce remakes of bad movies to make them better. In the last 6 months Ann Hathaway has appeared in two of the biggest flops (Oceans 8 and The Hustle) of the year. Maybe it's time to stop acting in remakes and start doing originals. Would have rated 0 if able.
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ambudde10 May 2019An obvious ploy to have the viewers pay for Hathaway and Wilson's vacation in Spain. This movie made me question if I had ever liked any of their films. I thought the trailer made it look harmless enough, but now I'm blind in one eye, I've broke out in hives, and my dog won't fetch.
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I watched this at home on DVD from my public library, my wife skipped, she had a good e-book.
In a brief review, this same story, with a few changes, was the 1964 movie "Bedtime Story" with Marlon Brando and David Niven. Then the 1988 movie "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Steve Martin and Michael Caine. And now in 2019 "The Hustle", the biggest change being two female characters as the scoundrels, the hustlers.
"Scoundrels" is one of my favorite movies, I have watched it at least a dozen times over the years, so for me watching "The Hustle" was mostly to compare how they handled similar scenes. While I like both Wilson and Hathaway their characterizations are clearly inferior to the analogous roles created by Martin and Caine. The biggest thing this movie does for me is reinforce how good "Scoundrels" is.
For anyone who has never seen "Scoundrels" this will likely be a good watch, suitably entertaining. For all who have seen "Scoundrels" this remake offers very little. -
lakhank-1890311 May 2019Not sure why people didn't like this film, it's a funny, light-hearted movie
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Greasyfairlane12 May 2020I liked it better as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with Steve Martin
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mmceleney19 February 2020Sir Michael Caine once said "Rather than remake a good movie, remake a bad one, you can only improve it" Advice not taken in this instance. Lately Anne Hathaway has made a habit of making bad remakes or sequels of hit movies (Oceans 8, The Hustle). She has the talent to make good movies,But is making schlock like this.
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C-Younkin10 May 2019The Hustle is a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Nothing about it seemed to have been marketed very well.
And now we know why. It's only 90 minutes long, but it feels like just a fast paced brush through of scenes that worked better before.
it robs it of wit, of funny, and also of any real purpose or sensible plotting, and i'm confused as to who this is meant for other than the Rebel Wilson fan.
And speaking of Wilson, is her 15 minutes almost up yet? It's gotta be. She's fine in small doses in those Pitch Perfect movies but insufferable in any kind of leading role.
She plays the Steve Martin role here and where Martin was charming, Wilson is deeply, deeply unpleasant. She's gratingly loud, infantile, idiotic, and falls back on slapstick fat jokes way too often.
My one defense of her is that she seems to be taking the crap even Melissa McCarthy doesn't want but even still, there are solid comic performers who have shown something even with weak material but she's been terrible so far.
Anne Hathaway on the other hand should just know better not to go anywhere near this. Like in Oceans 8, she's a highlight, but she wrongly has to play second fiddle to Wilson.
And this is yet another female remake that sets itself up as "the femaing this to actresses?les are going to get back at the men." Did these people even know the ending of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?
Even so, these characters here make all the wrong moves. Like the Wilson character even tells the Hathaway character that she's a con artist. Why would you do that?
Well the reason she does it here is because she mostly just cons men and she tells the Hathaway character this because of course another woman would sympathize with conning men.
This is a movie that also seems to think con artists also need to be knife throwing ninjas. What it never really does prove that either one of these two women are competent enough to string anyone along on a con.
And if you thought they wouldn't do a Ruprecht scene, well, they did. And it's not just a pale imitation, it's an embarassing failure in nearly every way.
They also do a Dr. Schaffhausen scene and I will say it's probably the one time here where the movie shows some of it's own ingenuity.
Overalll the few times where it does try to do it's own thing, it goes bust, and it's plot copies not just yield diminishing returns but make you think why does Hollywood keep do
They sell this is some sort of female empowerment but the movie is not just unfunny, it also doesn't even seem to understand the concepts that made the other movie great.
There are people who can write new, interesting, funny stuff for women. Proving you can do what a man can do is not the same as doing an exact retread of what men have done.
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Top_Dawg_Critic12 August 2019I really wish people knew how to rate and review on here. It's like anything below a 7 is automatically a 1 or 2. You wannabe critics really need to give your heads a shake and learn how to rate and review properly. Example below:
Directing: excellent Music/score: decent Cinematography: on point Production value: great Sets/settings: amazing Casting: perfect Acting: outstanding! Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are perfect and hilarious together. Many LOL moments, and only a few cheesy ones. Story concept: done before, but decent. Screenplay: bland. Can't say I've ever seen 7 writing credits for such a simplistic story, and thus the result being convoluted and infantile. The premise was decent, but it was missing the oomph I was looking for. Pacing for the 93 min runtime was decent, but the story got a little boring half way through.
Nevertheless, still very enjoyable and entertaining and certainly not worth the bad reviews or low score. It's a solid 7/10 from me, moreso for the laughs I got from Hathaway and especially Wilson, who killed it as always. And if anyone questions this review as fake, click on my username to see my 1000+ ratings and 600+ reviews. -
I had zero expectations and it turned out to be a total laugh-a-thone. There are hilarious moments in the movie that overrun the sometimes flawed or absurd script. Starts mildly slow and it builds up pretty well half way through. The ladies are very funny, Rebel Wilson is the female Zack Galifianakis! 8/10 and remember to watch the post-post credits scene!
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marc245810 May 2019It feels like Rebel Wilson is always playing the same character in every movie. It's getting old. An ok story. I did not see the male version but make me think of a charmeless version of Heartbreakers.
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UniqueParticle26 December 2019The only thing good about The Hustle is the beautiful cinematography throughout otherwise so cringe worthy and stupid! Exhausting to watch and aggravating; not much else to say!
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boardy-5510314 May 2019I figured I'd give it a try because it's supposedly a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels being an A+ movie classic , I thought it would be worth the risk. Well I was dead wrong and this movie is absolute drivel. Poorly written disgustingly acted terrible paper thin jokes. Even the music was just awful awful. Hollywood has been ruining the good names of so many good things such as Star Wars and the Marvel Universe. Even Game of Thrones has been gobbled up by Hollywood and turned into absolute drivel. But this piece of s*** takes the cake. I no longer have any respect for Anne Hathaway which I always appreciated as an actress. Don't waste your money.
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VintageSoul569 May 2020Ok, Anne Hathaway in the Michael Caine (1988 "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") & David Niven (1963 "Bedtime Story), I can see. BUT, the AWFUL Rebel Wilson??? She played the Steve Martin ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) & Marlon Brando ("Bedtime Story") part. She is totally as bad as Melissa McCarthy. Both raunchy to the core. Even I was disappointed in Steve Martin in DRS, but Rebel took his crown away in spades. Avoid this and watch or re-watch DRS or if you can find it, watch the original "Bedtime Story" on which DRS was based and this horrendous piece of garbage.
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Yes, it is a remake of a comedy classic, which is always tough. And I know that's an impossibly high bar to meet. So don't try. Don't compare. Just kick back, relax and watch for viewing sake. It ain't a masterpiece, but it does provide sone grins and giggles
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inskyfire3 June 2019Do yourself a favor, watch the original and save your money. I am so tired of remaking the old movies and catering to women, and yes, I am a women. Not everything has to be about women. Somethings are better left alone. This movie was one of them. It was bad!
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I liked it, it served for a couple of laugh's not intended to be taken seriously... I really don't know why it has such a low score... but whatever it was enjoyable, I don't mind seeing it again if I run into it through amazon or pay per view. I loved Anne Hathaway( one of my favorites') not too familiar with Rebel Wilson, but she's pretty funny. not bad.. not great no excellent, but fun....
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mjschiller-105-3133407 August 2019This is a very poor remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and unlike that movie this one lacks in humor and talent, Rebel Wilson is woeful yet again, do not waste your money, go and rewatch the original.
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norbert-plan-618-71581310 March 2024Chris Addison comes from the TV series to direct the screenplay by Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, reworked by Jac Schaeffer. For this is an adaptation of the screenplay for the 1988 Frank Oz film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In this adaptation, the duo of Steve Martin and Michael Cain are replaced by Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway.
The film takes the cake thanks to Rebel Wilson's blend of vulgarity and naiveté, audacity and improvisation, in a world of hustlers where the duo of Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, professional con artists, collect gogos full of money, which they of course seek out in tourist spots for the very rich. The modus operandi works very well: the mistress, Anne Hathaway, trains the pupil, Rebel Wilson, on how to make men cough up money. Then, in a twist of fate, they challenge each other and go head-to-head, focusing on the same victim. Only to be surprised in a world where everyone lies in their own way. And where a gogo reveals himself in unexpected ways. The duo's energy and complementarity work perfectly. -
dboakes11 May 2019This film is the worst. Unfunny pointless remake. Surely Hollywood knows by now Rebel Wilson is box office poison in a leading role. She is so one note as an actress. Please make her stop!
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...but I thought it was very funny! Admittedly in a bum on seat, brain in neutral, don't expect to be stretched way. Nearly every review I've seen criticised some aspect of the film... Anne Hathaway's English accent was not accurate, but I thought it was ok... nearer James McAvoy than Russell Crowe. Rebel Wilson not funny? I beg to differ! We are talking slapstick rather than satire but I was kept amused and actually laughed out loud a few times. Not as much as my daughter who was in stitches practically the whole way through but enough that I knew I was watching a comedy. This film is never going to appear in an academic text on theory and practice of cinematography or even a 500 films you need to see before you die list but It is great if you just want a kick back and relax session.
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thanatum12 December 2019This was a fun movie and a nice way to spend a relaxing evening. AH much better than her oscar roles.
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meltyson699 May 2019This was just awful,unfunny,cringeworthy...the list goes on.Do these people that make this crap actually watch the finished product.Part of it's hopelessness is rebel thinks she's just sooo funny & sooo talented,well the reality is a total polar opposite tries too hard & just too smug just falls terribly & utterly flat.I mean someone chuckled once & on the way out I've never heard so many 'oh my god's & 'well that was pretty bad'.Even Hathaway was quite awful more wooden & tried way too hard than Wilson,its a stinky unfunny turkey