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The Hustle

2019 · 94 min

A breezy, glossy caper that coasts on star charisma and glamorous settings, more silly than sharp and easy to watch without much thought.

Directed by
Chris Addison
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Tagline
They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money.
Overview
Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

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Directed by
Chris Addison
Genres
Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • greed
  • class
  • betrayal
  • gender
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Chris Addison
Written by
Dale Launer, Jac Schaeffer, Paul Henning, Stanley Shapiro
Starring
Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp, Dean Norris, Timothy Simons, Ingrid Oliver, Nicholas Woodeson, Hannah Waddingham
Music
Anne Dudley
Cinematography
Michael Coulter
Runtime
94 min
Country
Spain, United States of America
Languages
Danish, German, French, English, Dutch

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