disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2015)

so here you are sat at home with a nice new blu ray of American Hustle that you've just purchased because you've seen the glowing reviews and wrongly assumed that this must be some sort of modern masterpiece on a par with casino or good-fellas not to mention it has Christian Bale in it and he's always good right?
erm wrong... i'm not going to write any major spoilers but lets say whilst the budget and costumes are clearly top drawer the plot, writing & film length isn't... not to mention that Christian Bales mumbling tends to have you reaching for the remote to turn up the volume so you can hear what he's saying only for you to quickly have to turn it right down again when the overbearing way too loud as well as long drawn out music comes in...
American Hustle is not a dire film by any stretch of the imagination, it's just nowhere near as good as i was expecting and is pretty much your standard confidence trickster, scammer, cops & the mob seen it all before a hundred times type movie...
5/10