Hustle
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Movie Reviews of Hustle
Movie Review: True Grit With A Few Gripes
Summary: 3 Stars
Hustle recalls forlorn '70s films like Save The Tiger and Scarecrow which dealt with downbeat material in a mature, realistic manner. Which isn't to say that Hustle is a study in realistic police work. The script is contrived with stereotypical characters (The Cynical Cop, Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, etc), but the lead performances and a bleak world view make this one a cut above the usual detective drama.Movie Review: Watching this movie reminds one of how bad an actor Burt really is/was
Summary: 2 Stars
Would you believe there was time I thought Burt Reynolds was a good actor (Sharkey's Machine)? But even in "Deliverance" I didn't think he was that great. I just keep seeing him as "The Bandit" driving around, making an a** of himself, while being chased by Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason). I also realize how bad an actress Catherine Deneuve was when I watched this flick. Beautiful and gorgeous, but terrible acting.Burt kinda' plays his old Dan August part in this movie. The interaction between Reynolds and Deneuve borders on hilarious; when they're trying to be serious. Seriously.
It must have been that period of time when acting was different. Even Paul Winfield comes across like he's doing a reading at an audition. His scene with "The Albino" is terrible (i.e. stereotypically laughable).
Ben Johnson and Eileen Brennan contribute to this slow, laborious undertaking in establishing the plot. Ugh!
Movie Review: Busted
Summary: 2 Stars
An L.A. cop and a murder victim's father struggle with their realization that all women are prostitutes in this washed-out DVD of a middling 70s thriller. Burt's amusing flippancy in most scenes undercuts what elsewhere tries to be a morally murky drama, and long romantic scenes dull the thriller pace. The picture's blatant misogyny doesn't help matters.
Most of the scenes are set bound so except for Burt's sweet ride we don't get much period flavor. The whole thing plays like a very foul-mouthed T.V. episode and the vulgarities are so plentiful and tin-eared that even by today's standards they may shock.
Amid some rank overacting, Eddie Albert as the affable but venal villain clearly steals the picture.
Movie Review: Good Message, Poor Movie
Summary: 2 Stars
I like these types of movies, and saw the DVD on sale for $9, so I gave it a look. With Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve being movie legends I figured what did I have to lose. Unfortunately, the movie really misses the mark and is not very good, except for the message. Slow and predictable, it reminds me of a bad Frank Sinatra's movie.
Robert Aldrich, who did a masterful job on "The Longest Yard - 1974" was the director, and he and Burt were the film's producer. The film really needed a good producer and it might have been better. However, it was great to see Deneuve in a U.S. film and the DVD quality is very good.
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