The Hustle

A generally unfunny and regressive remake.

It's the irony of all ironies that one walks away from "The Hustle" feeling a little, well, hustled.

Wilson's energy level never falters. You would sympathise with such a natural, engaging talent for the narrow typecasting if she hadn't done it to herself. Rebel, Rebel, your film is a mess.

Even with a running time of 93 minutes, The Hustle felt about an hour too long.

Who's conning who here? In "The Hustle," everyone's a sucker, most of all the audience.

Every barely competent line or gag from the original has been deleted or replaced with gobsmacking doggerel.

At a time when bigger is automatically assumed to mean better at the cinema, these con artists hope that going small is the path to a big payoff

At a time when bigger is automatically assumed to mean better at the cinema, these con artists hope that going small is the path to a big payoff.

Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are clearly trying but completely flounder with a terrible screenplay that meanders from set piece to set piece...

The Hustle is a good idea, and could work as a classic 80s comedy reworking, but this was kinda sad.