{"id":141,"date":"2014-06-18T03:53:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:28:16","slug":"american-hustle-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"American Hustle-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>American Hustle-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director David O. Russell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #39<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70281530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1345\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70281530-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70281530\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70281530-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70281530.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 18, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having seen American Hustle (2013) a month ago and finally getting around to reviewing it, it&#8217;s a perfect time as a slew of Oscar nominations has been reaped upon it, thus, undoubtedly more people will be seeing it in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I loved this film.<\/p>\n<p>Some were underwhelmed, but I found it quite authentic and stylish.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the 1970&#8217;s period and felt the hairstyles, clothes, and props were spot on.<\/p>\n<p>I also felt the film had great acting and, though I&#8217;m not a fan, Jennifer Lawrence enraptured me. The same with Cooper, Bale, and Adams, who all deserve their Oscar nods.<\/p>\n<p>I found it similar in style to Boogie Nights, a 1997 masterpiece directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>The 1970s musical rock score was perfect. The subject matter of political corruption and cat-and-mouse intrigue was effective and resounding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-David O. Russell, Best Actor-Christian Bale, Best Actress-Amy Adams, Best Supporting Actor-Bradley Cooper, Best Supporting Actress-Jennifer Lawrence, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Hustle-2013 Director David O. Russell Starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence Scott&#8217;s Review #39 Reviewed June 18, 2014 Grade: A Having seen American Hustle (2013) a month ago and finally getting around to reviewing it, it&#8217;s a perfect time as a slew of Oscar nominations has been reaped upon it, thus, undoubtedly more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=141\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">American Hustle-2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6440,2798,9159,2303,3062,1413,49,225,179,2249,192,3524,2617,4116,2365,1066],"tags":[76,6446,2800,9163,2307,3064,1418,252,226,180,2256,193,3526,2619,4117,2366,1067],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-alessandro-nivola","category-amy-adams","category-anthony-zerbe","category-bradley-cooper","category-christian-bale","category-colleen-camp","category-comedies","category-crime-dramas","category-darkcomedies","category-david-o-russell","category-dramas","category-jennifer-lawrence","category-jeremy-renner","category-louis-c-k","category-michael-pena","category-robert-deniro","tag-2013-movie-reviews","tag-alessandro-nivola","tag-amy-adams","tag-anthony-zerbe","tag-bradley-cooper","tag-christian-bale","tag-colleen-camp","tag-comedies","tag-crime-dramas","tag-dark-comedies","tag-david-o-russell","tag-dramas-2","tag-jennifer-lawrence","tag-jeremy-renner","tag-louis-c-k","tag-michael-pena","tag-robert-deniro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20136,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/20136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}