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  Review by Wilkins ★★½ 30

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  Review by andrea🌹 ½ 27

  the fact that the academy gave this movie ten (10) nominations is the primary reason why aliens dont wanna invade earth anymore they're just watching us from space with their alien hands rubbing their alien temples because they're so tired of our shit as a specie

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★ 9

  this is a movie.

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  Review by rachel ★★½ 5

  imagine getting a cast this good for a film this boring

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  Review by Sid ★★½ 1

  Christian Bale tries his best Robert De Niro impersonation until the real deal shows up.

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  Review by Peter Labuza ★★ 17

  "Russell's most exciting moments are three-layered: a familiar narrative or comic convention is exaggerated into a transgressive act, then grounded with a flurry of humanizing psychological detail."
  -Dan Sallitt, 2002.

  American Hustle would easily fit into the same realm as Pain & Gain, The Bling Ring, and Spring Breakers in the excess/over-belief in the American Dream run of films that amounted to a lot of pointless trend pieces this year. Like these films, it is also fueled through the specific vision of its director, David O. Russell, which is why it is more beloved in some circles, and more easily scorned in others, as it is the only one of these films to sympathize with this ideology. Bay risibly mocked it;…

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  Review by Sean Gilman ★½ 7

  Nothing in this movie makes any sense. It's just a bunch of random loud noises thrown up on the screen with wigs and cheap suits.

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  Review by Josh Larsen ★★★★ 7

  "Thank God for me!" I couldn't agree more, Jennifer Lawrence.

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  Review by DirkH ★★ 43

  It seems only fitting that this film is helmed by a very talented conman. This overlong pastiche might have its moments, but in the end this collection of moments, in my eyes, does not warrant all the praise it has been getting.

  I can see the appeal. O'Russell always imbues his films with a certain frenetic energy, that can produces some truly memorable moments when handled correctly. In American Hustle, O'Russell seems to be desperately chasing these moments and while this produces an enjoyable energy, it is in the end rather unrewarding as he only reaches these moments on a couple of occasions.

  American Hustle is laden with the basest of symbolism, giving cause to a lot of eye rolling…

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  Review by Jizzmonkey ★★ 5

  Social media film review writing course, starter pack. I'd let Amy Adams strangle me and poison my whole family and burn down my house and eat my dog.

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  Review by #1 gizmo fan ★★★½

  Amy Adams every single morsel of this rating is for you and you only

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  Review by Todd Gaines ★★★ 28

  David O. Russell's tale of cons, cocksuckers, & corruption. Bruce Wayne's hairpiece. Broken glass. Duke fuckin' Ellington. Fuck you pasties! The shit people leave at the dry-cleaners. Almost naked Amy Adams. Never tell a women the truth. London-banking-connections. Katniss, the annoying-as-fuck wife. Fake Razzle-Dazzle. Fuckin' bullshit. The Iron Sheik's step-son. Gambling creates jobs. What the fuck is in Bradley Cooper's hair? Business talk. The fuckin' disco. No more fake shit. A microwave. Michael fuckin' Pena almost looks Arab. International fuckin' protocol. Special nail polish. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Mafia mother fuckers. Bobby fuckin' D! Very special treatment. Real mother fuckers. Louis fuckin' C.K. not playing Louis fuckin' C.K. Falsified records. Fuckin' hair curlers. Hello phone! Ice fishing tales. Heart pills. Reading…