The Hustle
critic Reviews
, 13% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Hustle's stars might make an effective comedy team in a different setting, but this gender-flipped remake of a remake adds little beyond its feminine twist.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreClaudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
A generally unfunny and regressive remake.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
This is a slab of cold, unfunny comedy, just lying there, very very odd given the two talented performers at the center of it.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
The Hustle just isn't very good, and the only con being pulled is on any audience member who has found themselves coerced into buying a ticket.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
Hathaway is a pleasure to watch but this role is beneath her pay grade.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMatthew MonagleAustin Chronicle
The Hustle wants to say something about the inherent sexism of the rich... but it never manages to overcome its weak jokes and tired plot points.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKatie WalshLos Angeles Times
It's the irony of all ironies that one walks away from "The Hustle" feeling a little, well, hustled.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMike MassieGone With The Twins
The most disappointing component of the film is the blandness of the cons.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCharles KoplinskiReel Talk with Chuck and Pam
The fact that the story goes nowhere is no fault of the leads, but of the writers. There's nothing there but repetitive predictability. Skip this one.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAndrew GaudionTHN
This remake fails to give an old con new life, delivering a re-heated product that has lost much of its comedic turns and tricks.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTom BeasleyFlickering Myth
All of the elegance of a giraffe on roller skates and all of the laughter of an evening talking intergalactic taxation with George Lucas.
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