Synopsis
Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."
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Cast
- Anne HathawayJosephine Chesterfield
- Rebel WilsonPenny Rust
- Alex SharpThomas Westerburg
- Ingrid OliverBrigitte Desjardins
- Hannah WaddinghamShiraz
- Nicholas WoodesonAlbert
- Timothy SimonsJeremy
- Douggie McMeekinJason
- Ashley McGuirePolicewoman
- Casper ChristensenMathias
Recommendations
- 63
Movie Nation
Yes, this remake is old fashioned, and maybe the “mark” (Alex Sharp of “How to Talk to Girls at Parties”) is a tad green and less interesting. But sometimes, it’s fun watching two wildly different stars mix it up in sumptuous settings, and seemingly have a ball doing it. - 60
Variety
The Hustle, fun as some of it is, is a tall fizzy drink in which the fizz never completely rises to the top of the glass. - 58
IndieWire
When The Hustle succeeds — in fits and starts, and with occasional big laughs — it’s wholly thanks to the dedication of Hathaway and Wilson, who throw themselves into thinly written roles (the film somehow required four screenwriters) that they spice up by bringing their A-game to material that’s beneath them. - 50
TheWrap
The new film is ripe for big laughs with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as, respectively, the snobby British bombshell with sticky fingers and the rough-around-the-edges though equally cunning con artist, but neither actress is given rich enough material to bring the film’s most interesting ideas to the finish line. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Though the 55 year-old plot's bones are sturdy and its new performers gifted, moviegoers hoping for a mercilessly funny post-Weinstein revenge fantasy (its poster declares: "They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money") will walk away feeling conned. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
There are a few legitimately great throwaway lines, and a few vaguely offensive ones. But the movie feels so fast and cheap that it’s hard not to wonder why they’ve made it at all, other than to jump on a small and so-far underwhelming trend in gender-swapping ‘80s remakes (see also: Ghostbusters, Overboard). - 38
Philadelphia Daily News
Wilson and Hathaway don’t click. The characters feel as if they were workshopped separately, and efforts to combine their comic energy on screen fall flat. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Well, it’s a dud. Nothing quite clicks.
