The Hustle

A generally unfunny and regressive remake.

This is a slab of cold, unfunny comedy, just lying there, very very odd given the two talented performers at the center of it.

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.

Hathaway is a pleasure to watch but this role is beneath her pay grade.

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.

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

It’s not even bad enough to get needlessly angry over. It just exists&#59; a stasis that’s probably more demeaning than if the film had been purely horrendous.

..a decent time-passer…the humour is girlish, silly, and without the whiff of misogyny that makes the previous versions feel rather unpalatable today…


Whatever you want to call Chris Addison’s The Hustle — a remake, a reimagining, a lazy retread — either way, his film is unoriginal, uninspired, and unworthy of your time.

Just as there is little more tedious in film than a comedy that is not funny, there is also little more tiresome than a crime caper that is predictable.