Clever Caper Comedy 'Hustlers' Makes It Rain
NPRClever Caper Comedy 'Hustlers' Makes It Rain Enlarge this image toggle caption STX Films STX Films It is a truth universally acknowledged that the movie hustler must always take the young upstart under her wing. In Hustlers, that moment comes when Jennifer Lopez, lounging on a New York roof in an elaborate white G-string, spreads her luscious fur coat and wraps Constance Wu's fresh-faced stripper inside with her. Sponsor Message To be fair, the ladies aren't million-dollar scammers yet — that comes later, after the 2008 financial crash, when they team up to drug rich clients and max out their credit cards. After years of movies depicting the strip club as the McDonald's PlayPlace of male antiheroes, a moral-free party zone where any performer lucky enough to get a name is also liable to fall in love with the protagonist, Scafaria reclaims the venue for women by de-eroticizing and demystifying it.
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It’s an epic mix of crime drama & stripper movie: \'Hustlers\' director Lorene Scafaria
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