WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Inspired by a New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler that went viral, former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
This is a good movie if you’re a fan of the Lifetime channel’s style of films. Unfortunately, I am not. For me, it was two hours of unashamed male-bashing. In addition to that, the acting was worse than a movie on the Sci-Fi network. Watching each actor deliver their lines was challenging and cringe-worthy most of the film. The script seemed like it was half-written or just filler for the next (half-written) scene. Promoting this movie as a Jennifer Lopez film was also a lie as the main character was Dorothy, stripper name Destiny, played by Constance Wu. Lopez’s character was Ramona Vega, the veteran stripper, and leader of these above-the-law, money-hungry dancers. The story itself starts slow and stays that way for 80 percent of the movie. It would have been dismal for the entire film, but the last twenty-minutes was actually worth watching. That does not make up for the rest of the movie, but it is worth mentioning. Hustlers is based on a true story, but until the last scene of the movie, it’s more like a college fantasy film filled with women, lots of drinking, and cash. You don’t care what happens to the club patrons, and you care less about the strippers. No one has a personality, and everyone is emotionless unless money is involved. Even the ending sucked. As I stated earlier, there were about 20 minutes near the end when you really thought, “Hey, maybe this movie is not that bad,” and in less than five minutes, they screwed that up too. I never thought I would ever be bored AND disappointed watching nearly naked women dancing and walking around – Thanks J-Lo.
OUR RATING – PICK A DIFFERENT HUSTLE 3
Media
- Genre – Drama
- Street date
- Digital – November 26th 2019
- DVD/Blu-Ray/4K – December 10th 2019
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound – English Dolby Atmos
- Subtitles – English SDH, Spanish
Extras
- Feature Commentary with Director Lorene Scafaria
- Trailers