Ogosmith
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Aneesa Wardle
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Kamila Bell
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
robl-4-298110
Let's start with my only two beefs: Either have a joisey accent or don't, as in, throughout the film, not intermittently. Jennifer Lawrence is merely OK and there's alot of better actresses out there and she would have been less annoying if she could have been more consistent, including yeah, the accent. To her credit, she does 'eccentric' really well.For gosh sake - Louis CK? He isn't that funny in the film which reflects the fact he hasn't been funny in a long time. The film does a great job combining drama, understated humor and a good amount of twists and turns. Frankly I was never sure during the middle of the film who was hustling who, which was highly enjoyable. Storyline works out well, and if you think it's over the top, the story is loosely based on the Abscam effort run by the FBI in the late 70s.Christian Bale is great in this as was Brad Cooper and Jeremy Renner.
garthlotel
The mesmerising Christian Bale, as always, gives his very best to his role. The talented Amy Adams also does her best with a limited role.
But I continue to be disappointed by the new breed of Hollywood "A-listers" including the congenitally awful Lawrence and one dimensional Cooper. Why do these two keep being cast in films? Why do they have fans? Lawrence in this role feels like a student hamming it up (badly) in a school play and, as usual, almost ruins the film for me. Cooper adds nothing but irritation and the occasional cringe. The film had potential but it needed a better cast of actors to bring the film to a higher level.
LiquidPoetry1921
By the way this movie was hyped, from its stellar cast of Bradley Cooper to Jennifer Lawrence and Robert DeNiro, to its numerous Academy Award nominations, I was expecting an entertainingly exceptional motion picture! Quite frankly, to say it was just average is an understatement.This 2013 black-comedy from David O. Russell is the story of two con-artists, Christian Bale and Amy Adams, who are forced by FBI agent Bradley Cooper to set up a sting to snare corrupt politicians ~ including the mayor of Camden, New Jersey, Jeremy Renner.The movie isn't at all captivating nor the plot nuanced with ANY twists or turns. I'd say the only good thing I found with this movie were the great songs interspersed throughout it. How one critic called the film "the sharpest most exhilarating movie in years", and another "riotously funny", just proves to me how IMDb reviewers are much more credible in their assessments of movies than those who do this for a paycheck.Gave 5* out of 10, mainly for the music...and empathy that Cooper had to endure those daily hair rollers!
Benedito Dias Rodrigues
Great movie mainly because the atmosphere of seventies,the big cars,old fashion clothes,discotheque anyway everything is back to seventies.but my big surprise is the performance of Christian Bale that overcame yourself. Definitely your best character for your entirely career...that wasn't good enough until now, Another highlight is the soundtrack backing old success by many bands Where my favorite is Electric Light Orchestra by Jeff Lynne. The Women is beauty and sex,,,,Amy Adams stolen all attention to her!! Two hours long living in fantastic decade called Seventies!!!
