Hustlers

Name: Hustlers
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: September 13, 2019
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Big Jay, Big Jay Oakerson, Cardi B, Constance Wu, Emma Batiz

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STX Entertainment | Release Date: September 13, 2019 | R

Starring: Big Jay, Big Jay Oakerson, Cardi B, Constance Wu, Emma Batiz, Frank Whaley, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, Madeline Brewer, Marcy Richardson, Mette Towley, Stormi Maya, Trace Lysette, Vanessa Aspillaga, Wai Ching Ho

Summary: Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Director: Lorene Scafaria

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Inkoo Kang

Sep 14, 2019

An immediate entrant into the pantheon of female friendship movies, Hustlers — a pretty much perfect film — makes plain the hollowness of so many other iterations of girl power in studio projects. You can feel its heart beat. Read full review

Emily VanDerWerff

Sep 12, 2019

Hustlers isn’t a fatuous tale of empowerment; it’s also not ignorant of the sisterhood its characters find in the midst of their sordid deeds. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Sep 12, 2019

Hustlers is slick and sharp and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, with writer-director Lorene Scafaria delivering a film that often feels like Scorsese Lite — a breezier, infinitely less violent, pole-dancing, glitter-covered riff on “Goodfellas.” Read full review

Peter Travers

Sep 11, 2019

A Best Actress Oscar nomination for Jennifer Lopez? You better believe it. Her see-it-to-believe-it performance in Hustlers is that dazzling, that deep, that electrifying. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Sep 13, 2019

Hustlers as a whole is a blast. Read full review

Pat Brown

Sep 12, 2019

The film is remarkable for capturing a brewing conflict between women while also celebrating their connection. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Sep 11, 2019

The spirit of Hustlers is so insistently affirmative and celebratory that all kinds of interesting matters are left unexplored. Read full review

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xSharverx

Oct 30, 2020

¡So good! they did know how to make us feel the story. The girls do they thang, lopez played one her best characters ever, and the little six minutes of where cardi b is are flawless as always.

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Nat07

Sep 13, 2019

Spectacular acting, funny and sexy. Jennifer Lipez did a great comeback. The rest of the girls did great too. I wanted to see more of Cardi B. She would have made it even funnier. She is one of the reasons I went to see the movie.

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gondz351

Sep 13, 2019

Beautiful work from writer-director Lorene Scafaria. A valentine to female friendship and a condemnation of an engendered capitalist system. Wu and Lopez are phenomenal in fully rendered, dimensional parts. There are no heroes in this film - as well there shouldn't be. But Wu and Lopez craftBeautiful work from writer-director Lorene Scafaria. A valentine to female friendship and a condemnation of an engendered capitalist system. Wu and Lopez are phenomenal in fully rendered, dimensional parts. There are no heroes in this film - as well there shouldn't be. But Wu and Lopez craft their characters with tremendous humanity, equal parts empathy and frailty. Scafaria rightly depicts the victim's perspective of the events that unfolded too but doesn't condemn her characters for it - as there is a larger, more antagonistic, more pervasive economic system to which they ALL fall victim.… Expand

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r96sk

Mar 18, 2021

Good film.

'Hustlers' makes for satisfactory viewing. Jennifer Lopez (Ramona) is accomplished in one of the two lead roles, I've previously enjoyed her in 2013's 'Parker'; which is the better film, but individually she's best here for sure. Credit also to Constance Wu (Destiny). SolidlyGood film.

'Hustlers' makes for satisfactory viewing. Jennifer Lopez (Ramona) is accomplished in one of the two lead roles, I've previously enjoyed her in 2013's 'Parker'; which is the better film, but individually she's best here for sure. Credit also to Constance Wu (Destiny).

Solidly told story, a few decent song choices in there too. All in all, it's a pleasant film to watch. Recommended.… Expand

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flametail23

Sep 15, 2019

I struggle to see why critics haven given this movie such shining reviews but, that doesn't mean I hated this movie. The performances for the most part were very compelling and the first act was quite engaging. The problems come from the repetitive nature of the second act whichI struggle to see why critics haven given this movie such shining reviews but, that doesn't mean I hated this movie. The performances for the most part were very compelling and the first act was quite engaging. The problems come from the repetitive nature of the second act which unfortunately took away from my overall enjoyment of the film.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Sep 14, 2019

What they think that made it look not sexy, actually did, they needed a better guidance, that's all.

Hustlers Lorene Scafaria, the writer and director, is a hustler. Similar to the film, we, the clients, are robbed shamingly. But what's interesting is that the film loses at the end of theWhat they think that made it look not sexy, actually did, they needed a better guidance, that's all.

Hustlers

Lorene Scafaria, the writer and director, is a hustler. Similar to the film, we, the clients, are robbed shamingly. But what's interesting is that the film loses at the end of the day. Not even looking at the intentions of the film, the film, as a story, had an extremely solid argument to walk through that Oscars table head held high. And instead the opportunity is not only missed but chucked away for cheap thrills and manipulative emotional blackmail. And this could have been a worthy Oscars contender and is instead just an Oscars contender.

And I emphasize on how big a mistake they made, on going light on this material. What the film industry, in the last few years, had twisted and turned its way out to address the political correctness, is something that the film has in its pocket all along. So now, all they had to do was carve a compelling drama. And instead they are overcooking those same ingredients, that turns into a preaching to the choir tone, within the first act.

The film craves for such moments. If anything it goes all the way around, just to create memorable scenarios, to the price of pacing. And it is not the pace I have an issue with, it is the two page script that is told magnanimously within two hours that I can't just "whoooooo" around. The film is also hard to watch. Not for the justification it attempts to give its characters but also the justification that it doesn't give to its characters. And it is not the narrative but the visualization of that crime scene that makes it horrible. For if told properly and rummaged around the files, dug deep into their homework, you will find a sweet spot to explore that would balance these Hustlers.… Expand

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Quadrapole

Dec 21, 2019

Movie teaches bad morals.

Movie is full of sjw, capitalism is bad, wall Street is bad stereotype and that drugging people and robbing them is equivalent to being a broker that facilitates the greed of investors.

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