Saturday, December 21, 2013

American Hustle


Holiday-Award Movies are rolling out so today  we went to see "American Hustle".  This is a semi-true account of the infamous 1978's FBI "Abscam" sting operation.  At the opening of the movie the following appears" SOME OF THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED".

The cast is absolutely great.  Recently I saw Christian Bale in "Out of the Furnace" and he was lean and mean. For this role he added over 40 pounds.  I saw Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games as the good girl damsel. Here she is a crazy housewife who steals the show.

This is a "Con story" or a hustle. No one is who they seem and it is much fun.  It is R for language because  the entire cast are outrageous people in a  low life world.

There is even a cameo by Robert DeNiro playing what he plays best, "A Crime Boss".

This will be up for all the awards and for all the right reasons.

The Director also did "Silver Linings Playbook" last year that also included Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.  That was great and so is this.

I give it **** stars. 2013 Movie 54

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