David O. Russell's impressive run continues

Rating: 7/10 (26 March 2014)

Version I saw: UK cinema screening
Actors: 8/10
Plot/script: 7/10
Photography/visual style: 7/10
Music/score: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Building on The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, director David O. Russell's run of success is looking more and more like a consistently good track record. Including Three Kings in the run, I Heart Huckabees comes to seem like less of a misfire and more of an interesting experimental piece.
American Hustle takes two of today's biggest stars from each of Russell's last two films: Christian Bale and Amy Adams from The Fighter and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence from SLP. All do themselves credit and strengthen their credibility as actors.
For my full review, see my independent film blog on Blogspot, Cinema Inferno: http://cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk