We took in the flick "American Hustle" yesterday afternoon. It is a flick that is popping up on lots of Best Ten lists and is getting lots of Oscar buzz. It is loosely based ("Some of these events actually happened" is the on-screen prelude to the movie) on events surrounding the ABSCAM scandals of the late 1970's.
Hard to classify this movie. Part drama, part comedy, but entertaining. Insofar as movies about con artists go, it's not "The Sting", and it could have been about 15 minutes shorter, but we still liked it a lot. The acting by all five principals - Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Jennifer Lawrence - was really good, and makes for a worthwhile movie going experience.
And you've got to love the '70's music, fashions, and, especially, hair styles. Not everything was good about the good old days! Although I've got to say, Amy Adams sure looked great!
In case you are wondering, the Traditional Sproule New Years Eve Movie Date will be to see "Saving Mr. Banks".
The whole cast is pure dynamite here and absolutely have a ball with this material. Therefore, it made the movie so much better. Nice review Bob.
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