don't buy the hype

Rating: 3/10 (6 March 2014)

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) who doesn't have a brit accent is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper).
DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds.
Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.
Overly long movie that likes to do that retro 70s look and thinks it's kewl. Bale in his imitation of a Tony Soprano accent owns 2 dry cleaners, a glass repair and deals in art but somehow he acts and dresses like he makes $3 a week.
About 15 minutes into this you'll get antsy. Thee's an extraordinary amount of boring talk that leads nowhere. 30 minutes into it the chicks gets her accent! And a couple scenes later it disappears again. Confusing.
The movie is directed like Casino but it's not so good.
I really didn't like it much.