IMDb plot summary: Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, and Keke Palmer.
This film creates multiple comparisons between these women and skeazy Wall Street traders, and this film feels very much like a Wolf of Wall Street-style heist biopic, that high-flying, high-energy kind of journey, albeit with genders swapped and more emphasis on the personal connection between the hustlers. Jennifer Lopez has gotten a lot of praise for her performance here, and deservedly so. She manages to pull off being both ruthless and charming, and from moment to moment the adoration she heaps on her young proteges can switch between feeling maternal to feeling predatory. I admire a film that's bold enough to have such a strong female-centric cast. (Not only does it pass the Bechdel Test with flying colors, but it might not pass a reverse test -- I'm not sure there are two men in here who have a conversation with each other not about women!) The movie feels like a refreshingly unique take on a well-worn genre, and it's worth a watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Hustlers > 12 Monkeys
Hustlers > Brave
Hustlers < Revengers Tragedy
Hustlers < The Martian
Hustlers < Taxi Driver
Hustlers < Sherlock Jr.
Hustlers < Ocean's Eleven
Hustlers < Safe
Hustlers < My Name Is Joe
Hustlers < Robot and Frank
Hustlers < Queen of Katwe
Hustlers > Barton Fink
Final spot: #802 out of 3212, or 75%.
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