Starring Rebel Wilson, Anne Hathaway, Tim Blake Nelson, Alex Sharp, Ingrid Oliver, and Emma Davies. Without spoiling anything, there are also aspects of flipping the script that actually feel regressive for women. There’s also the fact that the original probably hasn’t aged well to fit the mold of what’s acceptable in modern society, so making literally the same movie is not going to correct anything. All rights reserved. I saw this movie only a few hours ago from writing this and I already remember essentially nothing. Directed by Chris Addison. Bluntly put, what’s here just doesn’t work; the filmmaking team of director Chris Addison and writer Jac Schaeffer is unable to make any of this fun or likable. “The Hustle” is a rivals-in-crime feminista scam comedy set on the French Riviera, with Anne Hathaway as a drop-dead-elegant British seductress-grifter who fleeces wealthy suckers the w… Even when they inevitably go against one another to see who can scam a tech billionaire (Alex Sharp), we get more of the same lame toilet humor. Robert Aldrich's "Hustle" is the kind of many-layered, complex, cynical crime story we get more often these days in novels than in movies. Movie titles, images, etc. The setting is still a seaside French town and the story still focuses on scammers from the rich and the poor, but this time around it’s manipulative and or abusive men that are being swindled (whether it be having their prized possessions stolen or low game catfishing to break the hearts of physical appearance obsessed horndogs). Which is nuts, given DGA and Primetime Emmy-winning director Chris Addison has serious comedy smarts. As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst movie of the year; just an insufferable viewing that I drifted in and out of consciously watching due to its bludgeoning dullness, Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ / Movie: ★, Robert Kojder is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Flickering Myth Reviews Editor. Looks hilarious, Anne and Rebel will kill it! First teaser trailer for Monster Hunter movie starring Milla Jovovich, Money to Burn: When Hollywood Spending Gets Silly, Vampirella, Red Sonja and Dejah Thoris Cosplay covers for December 2020 unveiled, LEGO Star Wars Nebulon-B Frigate Comic-Con exclusive set unveiled, The tragic story behind the death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow, Ana de Armas on transforming into Marilyn Monroe for Blonde. Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson sell their fake personalities well, but the material is shockingly bad and gives them no room to be funny. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. The Hustle feels laboriously long at 90 minutes, flubbing even the dumbest beats. The Hustle is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Chris Addison and written by Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, and Jac Schaeffer.It is a female-centered remake of the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which is itself a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story. Although, before the movie began there was a promotional video where the stars promised to refund anyone that didn’t laugh, and honestly I should be chasing them down on that offer instead of writing this review. It’s also possible they weren’t going for feminism considering the extremities of the rehash job, but whatever the case may be, The Hustle is anything but funny. © 2009-2020 Flickering Myth Limited. Check here for new reviews, friend me on Facebook, follow my Twitter or Letterboxd, check out my personal non-Flickering Myth affiliated Patreon, or email me at MetalGearSolid719@gmail.com, Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Alex Sharp, Anne Hathaway, Chris Addison, Emma Davies, Ingrid Oliver, Rebel Wilson, The Hustle, Tim Blake Nelson. It’s fine to remake films with a female presence and especially an empowering mission statement, but just swapping out genders for every character is not going to result in an experience that works for the opposite sex. If anything, it takes itself too seriously from a narrative perspective, while being presented as a slapstick atrocity when it comes to actual jokes. Pushing all of this aside, The Hustle is mainly atrocious because it couldn’t generate one laugh out of me, and I sincerely doubt anyone will feel differently. Insanely Difficult Boss Fights That Will Drive You Crazy! Two con women - one low rent and the other high class - team up to take down the men who have wronged them. That’s not to say the humor of the original was sophisticated, but The Hustle seems content exploiting Rebel Wilson in embarrassing ways, ranging from sexual gags on planes to crudely implemented ugly jokes. I’m really excited for it but I may have to wait a few weeks because I want to go see it with my mom and she’s busy coming up but the latest I’ll see it will be the 21st. The leads are unlikable, which is fine, but we never feel included in the fun of their games. For clarification, knowing the plot of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has nothing to do with not enjoying The Hustle; one of these movies has charismatic characters and sequences while the other sets up the most elaborate jokes for minutes on end that go nowhere, suffocating the life out of an auditorium from boredom. Having the worst luck, I was still around by the time the credits finished, only to catch a removed scene that was not only in poor taste, but also so aimlessly conceived, mercilessly long, and dry (despite Rebel Wilson giving the lines all of her energy, as par for the course with the talented actor), that it should be placed at the front of the movie without context just so people know what they’re getting into and can decide if they want to leave immediately. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content (including RSS feeds) without permission is strictly prohibited. Directed by Chris Addison. With Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp, Tim Blake Nelson. Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games. Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson star as female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, who team up to take down the men who have wronged them. The Hustle, 2019. The Hustle is a misguided disaster with no spark between its two rival con artists played by Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson (both of which come from different comedic backgrounds playing characters coming from opposing social classes to, in theory, maximize on the potential of that dichotomy) and a lazily constructed narrative that re-creates every single plot point from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels without taking one single second to think if a beat for beat remake is the way to tell this story as a form of women’s empowerment. Directed by Chris Addison.Starring Rebel Wilson, Anne Hathaway, Tim Blake Nelson, Alex Sharp, Ingrid Oliver, and Emma Davies. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy / Cookie Disclaimer. And the same applies to the reverse of this scenario if for whatever reason that happens. Maybe that's because novels (especially the Ross Macdonald books) like to relish their atmosphere more, to fool around with … SYNOPSIS: Anne … Anyone planning to see The Hustle this weekend?