Mumbai: One of most awaited movies of the season, writer-director Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers, is a comedy-drama that follows a crew of savvy strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. It’s an epic mix of crime drama, stripper movie, and an exploration of the economic upheaval that upended the lives of so many, …
The Jennifer Lopez-fronted Hustlers premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2019 on 7 September. Based on Jessica Pressler’s New York Magazine article titled ‘ The Hustlers at Scores', the film follows a group of former strip club employees who band together to scam their Wall Street clients. It can be intimidating for sure, but there’s also a genuine camaraderie between …
The movies have rarely done right by Jennifer Lopez, but the brashly entertaining “Hustlers” isn’t just the exception that proves the rule; it reconfigures her cinematic image with such brazen intelligence and purpose that it seems determined to make up for lost time. You might recognize the song in the background as Fiona Apple’s “Criminal,” whose opening lyrics cheekily sum …
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