American Hustle

Everyone Hustles To Survive

With a host of nominations and wins behind it, and with a top crew in front of and behind the camera, this film takes a look at a notorious FBI sting operation from the 1970s/1980s. We follow a con man, who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent. They are pushed them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Caught between the con-artists and Feds is a passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator, but it's the con man's wife who could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

137 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex).
Crime, Drama, On the art circuit

There is a diamond there somewhere ...

Credits

Cast	Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Jack Huston
Director	David O. Russell
Screenplay	Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Music	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Linus Sandgren
Editing	Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Atlas Entertainment, Annapurna Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Crime
Language	Strong impact
Nudity	Moderate impact
Sex	Strong impact
Violence	Moderate impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith A funny, visual, well-cast sting.	15
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Lekkerkry wat jou hara laat krul.	20
Cape Times David Rooney Wow! Great con job.	20
Rolling Stone Peter Travers American Hustle ranks with the year�s best movies. It gets under your skin.	18
ScreenIt C. Fuchs If you don't mind the language and related content, but do appreciate good filmmaking, you'll probably have no problem greatly enjoying American Hustle.	16
Metacritic.com 47 critics	18
Rottentomatoes critics 241 critics	16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Riotously funny and impeccably cast, American Hustle compensates for its flaws with unbridled energy and some of David O. Russell's most irrepressibly vibrant direction.	19
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	16
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	20
What the People say
Internet 100937 Netizens Disappointed beyond belief!	15
Average .. 88%	18