Great Movie..See It.

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2014)

Time magazine's Richard Corliss wrote, "American Hustle is an urban eruption of flat-out fun — the sharpest, most exhilarating comedy in years. Anyone who says otherwise must be conning you." Peter Debruge of Variety was critical of the film and questioned the nearly unanimous praise, calling it "a sloppy sprawl of a movie" and criticizing the plot, complaining that the improvisational performances overwhelm instead of adding to a coherent plot.
As for my opinion, there was 10x more drama than comedy in this movie. The acting, character interaction, and dialog were above average, and it held my interest from start to finish. It was hard to determine which character was the lead and which were supporting as they were all so very good. It had sort of an amateurish feel to the cinematography at times, like it had been filmed by a hand-held video camera and that I was being made privy to some clandestinely taken FBI film footage...very engrossing. As I left the theatre, I was thinking "I need to go and read the book." But there isn't a book, so seeing it twice, and then again, is my only option which I certainly intend to do once it's released to DVD.