Godfather meets The Sting

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2013)

American Hustle is a stunning epic with a repeat cast from the Silver Linings Playbook, is perfectly paced film that lets the viewer in on just enough of the joke to feel smart enough to be engrossed, but not so much that anyone could say "I saw that coming." While both a dramatic tour de force and a comedic parody, this film has all the grip of Godfather I or II which ever you favor. This stellar cast delivers A Sorkin-like plot with the comedic aplomb of an Apatow spoof, and left me wanting more. The genius of the script is that one can be empathizing with anyone of the main characters even while they have competing and opposites agenda.