Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler (2003)

Director:

Ian McCrudden

Writer:

Matthew Swan (writer)

Release Date:

1 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A man who has lost everything, and a hustler with nothing to lose.

Plot:

A Banker, Husband, and Father, Mr. Smith (Larry Pine) must leave it behind him. He's made a mistake...

Plot Keywords:

Hustler | Younger Man | Male Prostitute | Mother Son Relationship | Gay Interest

Cast

Larry Pine	...	Mr. Smith
Alex Feldman	...	Bobby
J.D. Williams	...	Abe
Benjamin Hendrickson	...	Mr. Lapp
Thomas Hildreth	...	Jack
Anna Thomson	...	Doreen
Jodie Baker	...	Shelia
Antonio Rodríguez	...	Angel
Ed Hodson	...	Collector #1 (as Eddy Hodson)
Phil McGlaston	...	Collector #2
Tim Sherogan	...	John #1 (as Tim Sherigon)
Alexander Robert Scott	...	John #2 (as Scott R. Alexander)

Also Known As:

Mr. Smith (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

91 min | USA:83 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Mr. Smith Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: While in the club Abe's right arm is in the bandage; later in the hotel it's the left arm.

Do you like to suffer while you watch your movies???

This is truly inferior merchandise. One wonders how something this awful remains in the distribution channel even now. Surely it was just as evident during production that this little puppy was a sure-fire bomb. Maybe it was backed by some really dumb money, because who ever was financing it should have stopped mid production to drown this this little mutation for the disaster it was (and saved a couple acting careers and many hours of movie goer's time.) A complete waste of production time, talent and money under any circumstance.

One wonders if this writer is still working? How? I also wonder if anyone would dare to put this train-wreck of a film on their Hollywood resume?; I doubt it. Saying you had anything to do with this film would be a sure ticket to never working in film town again.

You can't help but agree with other reviewer's comments about the dialog: absolutely atrocious. Even more offensive was the acting and line delivery of Benjamin Hendrickson (the bar owner / pimp Mr. Lett): horrible. And yes, the writer could clearly have done more homework on his subject matter; could the bar scenes have been more unbelievable?

If there were a way to give a film a negative star rating on the IMDb rating system, this one would get the lowest rating. As it is, zero stars is too good. Save your time and money and pass this one by. As the movie police says after you stumble onto the scene of a particularly gruesome murder - "Nothing here to see folks, move along."