Mediocre At Best

Rating: 6/10 (19 January 2014)

Saw the movie American Hustle this past week. I know it's getting a lot of press and gaining some awards but I'll tell you, I wasn't all that impressed with it. In fact the first half of it is so boring that I actually fell asleep! The individual performances are good, in fact, very good, but the story isn't. It's slow moving and too vague to be exciting. Even the end seemed too little, too late. Not enough to rescue the film for me, that's for certain. It's sort of a sting story but nowhere near on the level of 'The Sting'. I sure wouldn't be awarding it any prizes. Sorry but if this is supposed to be what is classified as the best, something is missing. Perhaps a writer, or a good director, or.....