Entertaining film, understated humor

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2018)

Let's start with my only two beefs: Either have a joisey accent or don't, as in, throughout the film, not intermittently. Jennifer Lawrence is merely OK and there's alot of better actresses out there and she would have been less annoying if she could have been more consistent, including yeah, the accent. To her credit, she does 'eccentric' really well.
For gosh sake - Louis CK? He isn't that funny in the film which reflects the fact he hasn't been funny in a long time.
The film does a great job combining drama, understated humor and a good amount of twists and turns. Frankly I was never sure during the middle of the film who was hustling who, which was highly enjoyable. Storyline works out well, and if you think it's over the top, the story is loosely based on the Abscam effort run by the FBI in the late 70s.
Christian Bale is great in this as was Brad Cooper and Jeremy Renner.