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Hustle

2022

Jeremiah Zagar

Adam Sandler, Juancho Hernangomez, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster ...

6.2

10,842

Drama. Comedy Sandler stars as a down-on-his-luck basketball scout who, while abroad, discovers a generational talent with a rocky past. Without his team's approval, he decides to bring the phenom back with him, giving them both one last shot to prove they are NBA-worthy.

	Media	Author	Review
		Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"The thrill of an underdog story never really gets old (...) 'Hustle', on Netflix June 8, is satisfying in the way the best sports movies are: a scrappy tale of adversity and triumph, smartly told."
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Hustle' is fiction, but it often feels like a true-life drama, and that dovetails with the new authenticity of Adam Sandler, who has learned to pour every bit of himself into a role."
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Adhering to the formulaic requirements of inspirational sports dramas while supplying plenty of individuality and characters worth rooting for, the Netflix feature scores."
		Courtney Howard AV Club	"A feel-good sports film full of humor and heart (...) its compelling character drive and exhilarating technical craftsmanship more than make up for its narrative familiarity."
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"If 'Hustle' passes around a lot of sports movie cliches, it does so with a light touch. And its sense of atmosphere, and depiction of Stanley's milieu, is sensitive and knowing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ross Bonaime Collider	"'Hustle' is another reminder of Sandler's gifts as a dramatic actor through an extremely charming and compelling story about a mentor trying to help another reach their potential"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There's a feelgood bedrock that the film can't and won't jackhammer through. It's custom-made for the fans. For everyone else it would pass the time as an airline movie on a long-haul flight (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Savvy Netflix movie offers realistic team politics and crisp play on the court (...) This is Adam Sandler’s love letter to the game, and it is great fun from the opening tip to the final buzzer (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Marshall Shaffer The Playlist	"There’s enough craft and heart involved in 'Hustle' to keep it from feeling like just a league PSA or an algorithmically crafted Netflix product."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"At times, [the] attempts at a more realistic portrait of the sport are undercut by contrived twists meant to manipulate the audience's emotions (...) Sandler does his best"
		Robert Abele The Wrap	"An agreeable combination drill of humor, hurt, on-court action and redemptive uplift that’s closer to simply being a solidly inspiring sports movie than anything notably representative of the Sandler oeuvre."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'Hustle' may not be the greatest redemption story ever told about second chances (...) the film holds fast enough to the courage of its convictions to feel like it’s got skin in the game."
		Keith Watson Slant	"[It] has an insidiously pacifying effect, reassuring us that no matter how much we may be mistreated and disrespected on the job, our bosses will ultimately reward us for our hard work and dedication (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Jesse Hassenger Paste Magazine	"With 'Hustle', Sandler has finally found a movie where it actually makes sense to hire Patrick and O'Neal."
			"'Hustle' manages to turn a clattery plot and a treacly sentimentality into a refracted self-portrait, a work of personal cinema"
		Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"A predictable underdog sports story that still manages to charm"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"A bona fide crowd-pleaser (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Brandon Zachary CBR	"Bolstered by Sandler and a committed cast, along with some very impressive direction from Zagar, 'Hustle' makes for a solid entry to the sports movie canon"
		Amon Warmann Empire	"'Hustle' follows a familiar game plan but executes it well, with a love of basketball culture shining through —alongside a likeable Sandler performance (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The movie gets by thanks to its combination of breezy charm and a solid inside game, including the authenticity of the abundant basketball sequences"

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