35
Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreYes, this remake is old fashioned, and maybe the “mark” (Alex Sharp of “How to Talk to Girls at Parties”) is a tad green and less interesting. But sometimes, it’s fun watching two wildly different stars mix it up in sumptuous settings, and seemingly have a ball doing it.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Hustle, fun as some of it is, is a tall fizzy drink in which the fizz never completely rises to the top of the glass.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandWhen The Hustle succeeds — in fits and starts, and with occasional big laughs — it’s wholly thanks to the dedication of Hathaway and Wilson, who throw themselves into thinly written roles (the film somehow required four screenwriters) that they spice up by bringing their A-game to material that’s beneath them.
- 50TheWrapCandice FrederickTheWrapCandice FrederickThe new film is ripe for big laughs with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as, respectively, the snobby British bombshell with sticky fingers and the rough-around-the-edges though equally cunning con artist, but neither actress is given rich enough material to bring the film’s most interesting ideas to the finish line.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough the 55 year-old plot's bones are sturdy and its new performers gifted, moviegoers hoping for a mercilessly funny post-Weinstein revenge fantasy (its poster declares: "They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money") will walk away feeling conned.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattThere are a few legitimately great throwaway lines, and a few vaguely offensive ones. But the movie feels so fast and cheap that it’s hard not to wonder why they’ve made it at all, other than to jump on a small and so-far underwhelming trend in gender-swapping ‘80s remakes (see also: Ghostbusters, Overboard).
- 38Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonPhiladelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonWilson and Hathaway don’t click. The characters feel as if they were workshopped separately, and efforts to combine their comic energy on screen fall flat.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsWell, it’s a dud. Nothing quite clicks.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAnne Hathaway detonates a megaton blast of pure unfunniness in this terrifying film.
- 16The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersThe Hustle is profoundly stupid and it treats its audience as though they’re even less intelligent than it is.