The Louie "American Hustle" Movie Review

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2013)

I tell you I don't even know where to begin in trying to explain this movie. We can start by saying it was extremely unusual and pretty much incomparable to any other film I have seen lately or ever. I couldn't figure out if I liked the movie and then when I figured out that I did like it and really started to enjoy it, I knew why. The actors did a phenomenal job. And normally that goes hand in hand with a really good story. But in this case it was.well unusual. The main story is goodthe stories within the main story arewell just not feel good situations. But even with that somewhat negative observation they were entertaining in their own right. Funky I know. Without giving anything away it revolves around a con man (Christian Bale) and his partner (Amy Adams) and a fed agent (Bradley cooper) in an unlikely partnership to catch other criminals. The stories within the story are various. And you feel multiple emotions throughout the movie. Some of the situations are a bit sleazy, and I don't mean sexually. I mean just plain doing the wrong things. But just when you get kind of turned off the scene turns into laughter. Again, because of the fantastic job of the actors and their portrayal of the characters. You feel excited one moment then intense the nextupsetthen laugh out laughingthen intense again. At the beginning of the movie you are like "What is the hype all about this movie?" but I tell you as the movie goes on you get more and more enthralled with the characters their side storiesthe absurdity of some of the situationsand again the intensity. Literally you don't know what to make of it when you get out of the moviebut one thing for sure you are glad that you saw it because after everything you really enjoyed it. I can't say it enough that the all of the actors, every one, did a fantastic job of portraying their characters and you go from laughing with themto laughing at them to having no respect for themto sympathizing with themand back to laughing with them and going through that circle of emotions several times throughout the movie. Christian Bale played a part that you have never seen him like this. Amy Adams was so sexy and smart and very intense at timesyou will love her. And again each and every actor bought their game to this movie. I will say one thing, if you go to this movie commit to seeing the whole thing because you may be tempted in the beginning to say "What the heck?", because I did. But even as I am writing this review I am thinking I will see it again when it is available to rent because I will enjoy the first quarter of the movie more the second time after I have learned to really love the characters. I give this movie the most unusual "B+".