American HUSTLE - Not much excitement because of too many inspirations

Rating: 7/10 (1 March 2014)

A fine plot set in 1970s. To add more of the 70s mood, the director drew his inspiration from Scorsese, and Christian Bale copied De Niro. There are 10 nominations for the film at the academy on Sunday in which 4 nominations for the actors who did main characters. Being a huge fan of 70s-80s movies I personally felt the flavor of films like Godfather, The Sting and of course The Goodfellas (almost a re-take on its screenplay). It was entertaining to listen to songs like Yellow brick road by Sir. Elton, I feel love by Donna, Live and let die etc. in number of scenes.
The bottom line a great half fiction/half fact movie to watch (Not with Kids due to s**ualty/nudity and drug use) with shortcomings of its own.