American Hustle
{5/5} “You’re nothing to me until you’re everything.”
Irving and Syndey are con artists, who are caught by FBI agent Richie. Richie forces them, in lieu of going to jail, to help him catch bigger fish — politicians and mobsters. Irving has second thoughts when he grows to like one of the politicians he’s conning. Sydney has broken up with him but he’d rather be with her than his wife Rosalyn.
American Hustle was released in 2013.
Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence are all mesmerizing — you won’t be able to take your eyes off them.
It’s a terrific story, one that’s very loosely based on real events.
It’s funny and engrossing.
The music is pop and jazz songs from the 70s.
Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Rises) plays Irving and Amy Adams (Her) plays Sydney. Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) plays Richie and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) plays Rosalyn. Jeremy Renner (The Town), Louis C.K. (The Invention of Lying), Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook), and Elisabeth Rohm (the TV show Law & Order) are also on board.
The movie was directed by David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook).