American Hustle Asks The Question "What is Good and Bad?"

With a star filled cast, you knew that American Hustle was going to be a decent movie. Sure there has been other movies that has celebrities casted up to sell a movie, or to fill a movie goer's dream. You know which movies I'm talking about (cough cough New Years Eve, and The Expendables). From the trailers you could tell that this cast as picked well and would act the living crap out of American Hustle. I normally don't like dramas, but there was something about American Hustle that sold me (or the movie boredom finally kicked in) to watch American Hustle. American Hustle was a movie about good guys going after bad guys and soon they found the lines getting blurred. What I love about American Hustle is how the tone of the film stayed within the era the film is set in. So some serious props to the director to making that call. Though obviously American Hustle is not for younger audiences and those who want to forget those times. Or just anyone who has a minor heart attack every time someone swears or does something not "appropriate".

So I'm going to keep this short and simple about the beginning of American Hustle without giving too much away. American Hustle begins with Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) meeting at a party and find a connection with each other. Noting this strong connection, Irving and Sydney begin working together on a scam Irving had been running for a while off of people. This is when FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) catches onto them and ropes them into helping him catching a bigger fish. The bigger fish is a possible corrupt major, Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner). DiMaso wants Irving and Sydney to push Polito into a corner he can't get out of so DiMaso can make the arrest. The con is on.

There is nothing I can pick at about American Hustle that was bad since American Hustle was just overall well done. Each actor did well with their character the emotional journey their character went on. Like Irving's journey of doing the right thing and choosing between Sydney and his wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence). Or DiMaso journey from humble agent to an power hungry one. Which leads to the general question of "does a wrong make a right" or "are the action justify the need?" What is good, and what is bad? Who is right and who is wrong? Like Irving said in the beginning of American Hustle, there is a grey area to this all, but the fact that American Hustle brought this up was fantastic. As I mentioned above I love how American Hustle kept within the time period with the music, feel and heck, even the technology. Like when they placed hidden cameras, it had an old feel to it. Despite all the drama there was, American Hustle was funny at moments. My favorite line of the movie has to be "don't put metal in the science machine". 

So if you want a classy movie to entertain you this holiday season, American Hustle might be just for you. It is well acted and directed. The ending for the film itself was bittersweet for some characters in a way. Although the outfit for Christian Bale's character was just, ugh. Have I mentioned how awesome Jennifer Lawrence was in American Hustle? Her character did deliver a lot of the gags in the film. The one bad thing I can say about American Hustle is now that I have seen it once, I have no plans to see it again. Once was good enough. Our rating for American Hustle is:

Trailer for American Hustle below.

What did you think of American Hustle? What was your favorite moment from the movie?