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The Hustle

The Hustle

Comedy · Crime · 2019

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."

Movie details

The Hustle

“They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money.”

2019 Comedy · Crime 1h 34m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

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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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Chris Addison

Written by

Paul Henning · Jac Schaeffer · Stanley Shapiro · Dale Launer

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway

Josephine Chesterfield

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson

Penny Rust

Alex Sharp

Alex Sharp

Thomas Westerburg

Dean Norris

Dean Norris

Howard Bacon

Timothy Simons

Timothy Simons

Jeremy

Ingrid Oliver

Ingrid Oliver

Brigitte Desjardins

Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson

Albert

Court is in session

Put The Hustle on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.