Not Interesting

Rating: 5/10 (11 July 2014)

This is the second movie of David O' Russell that I've seen, and the second time I have been incredibly bored and disappointed (the first was the Fighter). This movie had a cool concept, but the actual "hustle" part of it was dry and stupid. I just wanted the movie to end. It was barely about the actual crimes they were committing, and more about stupid, repetitive drama between Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, and Christian Bale.
Another problem I have is when directors hire a bunch of crowd pleasing actors and just expect the movie to be good. Sure, there have been many movies that have used big casts and still actually been good movies (Inception, Dark Knight Rises, the Departed), but this one fell flat. David O' Russell is not a good director. Don't watch it.