The Hustle

"They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money."

2019 1h 34m EN

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6.2

MID

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13%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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5.5

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 2,762🥫13%Rotten Tomatoes●35Metacritic★5.5IMDB · 71,146

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Synopsis

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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."

“They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money.”

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Cast

Anne Hathaway
Josephine Chesterfield
Rebel Wilson
Penny Rust
Alex Sharp
Thomas Westerburg
Dean Norris
Howard Bacon
Timothy Simons
Jeremy
Ingrid Oliver
Brigitte Desjardins
Nicholas Woodeson
Albert
Hannah Waddingham
Shiraz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chris Addison
Writers: Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Paul Henning
Languages: Danish, German, French, English, Dutch
Countries: Spain, United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Danish, German, French, English, Dutch.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Spain, United States of America.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Chris Addison, shot by Michael Coulter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anne Dudley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anthony Boys shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson and Alex Sharp carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Addison directs. Michael Coulter behind the camera. Anne Dudley scores. Anthony Boys cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Spain, United States of America. Dialogue in Danish, German, French, English, Dutch.

Trivia

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1Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Danish, German, French, English, Dutch.
4International production across 2 countries: Spain, United States of America.
5Directed by Chris Addison, shot by Michael Coulter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Anne Dudley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Anthony Boys shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson and Alex Sharp carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "They're giving dirty rotten men a run for their money.".
10IMDB entry: tt1298644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 19 themes, including "bet", "competition", "affectation", "con artist".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Original score: Anne Dudley
Editing: Anthony Boys
Production design: Alice Normington
Costume design: Emma Fryer
Makeup / hair: Chris Lyons
Stunt coordinator: Marc Cass
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $21,000,000
Box office: $97,400,000
Return: 464% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Hustle (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes: 13% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 35/100
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 71,146 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Gimly2019-08-25
★ 4/10
Normally, I really like Anne Hathaway. Especially recently. But not only did I think The Hustle was pretty bad, even she specifically was pretty bad in it. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
JPV8522019-08-28
★ 4/10
Point by point remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and while I don't hold that movie in as high regards compared to others, this spit in its face with offering absolutely nothing new with the comedy falling flat at every turn and worse yet, where Michael Caine and Steve Martin were great together, Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson shared no chemistry. Since this movie did not deviate at all from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, I found myself mostly bored and just waiting for it to end. Although I've seen worse, I was never angry or anything, just thinking what was the point?
CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 4/10
A totally class-free remake of the var superior "Bedtime Story" (1964) that is both vulgar and crass. All it needed was a little bit of subtlety and it could have been quite a fun role-reversal caper; instead it is clumsy and cringe-makingly unsophisticated. No amount of glamorous location photography can make it any less so. I never leave the cinema half way through a film, but was sorely tempted with this nonsense.