The Hustle

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The Hustle

PG-13

2019

1h 34m

Comedy

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Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive British woman who has a penchant for defrauding gullible men out of their money. Into her well-ordered, meticulous world comes Penny Rust, a cunning and fun-loving Australian woman who lives to swindle unsuspecting marks. Despite their different methods, the two grifters soon join forces for the ultimate score -- a young and naive tech billionaire in the South of France.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

09/28/2019

A generally unfunny and regressive remake.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

05/22/2019

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

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

05/22/2019

1/4

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.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

2/5

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

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

06/22/2024

3/5

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

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

08/20/2022

1.5/5

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.

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bob C

@RT46426964 Jul 13

Better than but not Caine and the other bloke.

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lior W

@RT21655057 Jul 10

not funny and storyline is bad

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Kashgar A

@AllFunAndGames Jul 9

Entertaining enough for a night in. No need to see it as a direct remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, just enjoy it for what it is, a bit of fun.

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Markus A

@Excalibur866 Jul 3

This is a pathetic, tacky, poorly acted, sub-standard and weak remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Rebel Wilson is her usual overblown, warped, grossly over-Australian, unfunny self in her attempt to be Steve Martin. Anne Hathaway is so sorely attempting to channel Michael Caine that she comes across as a blend of Queen Camilla and Helen Mirren. Forget this, expunge it from your watch list, blank it, wipe it, delete it. Poor and weak 👎🏽

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Koi P

@hopepink Feb 25

I initially thought "this is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and it was amusing. As the movie progressed to verbatim Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, disappointment set in. If the story line was inspired by instead of identical to, it would have been a good film. The original parts of the film are appreciated.

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Joanna T

@aerialgirly92 Feb 3

Entertaining movie to watch once. The ending is bad. There are 2 women who lie their way through life in order to get men to give them money: a big fat woman, and a pretty skinny woman. They meet each other. They team up but the pretty one still has 1 foot out the door. She doesn't want to be permanent teammates. The fat one refuses to leave the city/territory. They try to outdo each other. Then they realized there wasn't room for both of them so they place a bet: whoever gets a tech guy to pay them will win, and the loser must leave. Turns out, the tech guy played them both & extracted money from them both while they were each trying to win. He is also a con man. In the end, all 3 of them (incl the guy) team up to continue playing people and getting money. I wished the tech guy did turn out to be a kind soul like he initially was portrayed!

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Synopsis

Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive British woman who has a penchant for defrauding gullible men out of their money. Into her well-ordered, meticulous world comes Penny Rust, a cunning and fun-loving Australian woman who lives to swindle unsuspecting marks. Despite their different methods, the two grifters soon join forces for the ultimate score -- a young and naive tech billionaire in the South of France.

Director: Chris Addison
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Rebel Wilson
Screenwriter: Jac Schaeffer
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Pin High Productions, Cave 76, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Camp Sugar
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 10, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 6, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $35.4M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)