Now This is Great Camp!

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2014)

Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale)is a con artist who, together with his partner-in-crime sexy Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), was conscripted by over-eager FBI agent Richie diMaso (Bradley Cooper) to hatch a complicated con to trap crooked politicians, including New Jersey mayor Carmel Polito (Jeremy Renner). In the meantime, Irving has to keep his incendiary wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) on a leash or else his plot will be blown wide open.
Everything about this movie is overblown and over the top, so downright entertaining. I enjoyed watching this film about con artists out- conning each other. There was so much fun watching the out-of-this- world hairstyles and over-acting of each of the main cast (all Oscar pedigreed), so unlike anything we have seen them in.
Christian Bale had gotten so much out of his Batman shape for this role as the Jewish conman with the elaborate comb-over hairdo. Amy Adams was no Princess Giselle in her constantly cleavage-revealing dresses. It was quite a hoot seeing Bradley Cooper in hair curlers, going more bananas than his role in The Hangover. Too bad there was too little of Jeremy Renner in his teased-up bouffant hairstyle.
The best performer here is Jennifer Lawrence in a supporting role that is not directly within the main plot, yet she does so well to steal the thunder from her other co-stars by being so audacious and wild. This girl is really so versatile. It is no wonder that she is already being touted by critics to be the "next Meryl Streep"!
This is another quirky masterpiece from the director of "The Silver Linings Playbook", David O. Russel. If you like great camp, this is the film to catch.