THE HUSTLE – “Definitely has the ‘rotten’ part down”

NW_03085_RAnne Hathaway stars as Josephine Chesterfield and Rebel Wilson as Penny Rust in THE HUSTLE, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.Credit: Christian Black / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures© 2018 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

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SYNOPSIS

Is a female-centered remake of the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Starring Steve Martin and Michael Cain) which is itself a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story

Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, team up to take down the dirty rotten men who have wronged them.

REVIEW SUMMARY

The Hustle, a gender swapped remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, definitely has the 'rotten' part down. Despite the odd (forced) chuckle, what we get here is a mostly humourless slog that never utilizes it's 2 leading ladies properly. And maybe it was due to the material they had to work with (or not), but Hathaway and Wilson showcase zero comedic chemistry together. I mean, both are no doubt talented, but it's nothing but cringeworthy scene after cringeworthy scene from the get go. The script is also embarrassingly un-clever, and thanks in part to a "french fry toilet scene," I may never eat again. The hustle is definitely real folks, but it's your hard earned movie money that's the ultimate victim.

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