Another good movie from last year

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2014)

David O. Russell's American Hustle features good performances from his Fighter stars Christian Bale, and Amy Adams, and also from his Silver Linings Playbook stars Bradley Cooper, including an over the top performance from Jennifer Lawrence, teaming up with Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Michael Pena etc. Director David O. Russell can make a period piece like this into a good movie, and I forgot to mention Robert De Niro's great cameo appearance in the film. With great 70's music from Danny Elfman, including cinematography, costumes, art direction, and set decoration. Christian Bale gives his best performance since his portrayal as Batman in Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy, and Amy Adams since her portrayal in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can.