Movies Watched -- Hustlers (2019)

Added on by C. Maoxian.

104 minute running time, so not too far over the 100 minute upper limit. What are we supposed to think about these strippers who drugged and robbed their clients? They try to conflate the Wall Street mortgage securities “fraud” with the crimes these ladies were committing, but it doesn’t fly. Could there be a more improbable stripper than Constance Wu? She’s obviously sweet and smart, probably grew up in Richmond, Virginia (she did), she can’t dance to save her life, just absurd. Is there a single Chinese-American girl working at Scores? Jennifer Lopez is a more believable stripper (and looks amazing for her age (my age)), but still, none of them was sufficiently dumb and desperate enough to do this. There were some funny bits, but not enough to outweigh the morally repugnant story. Avoid.

Anyone can own one nice suit. You wanna look at their shoes, their watches, briefcases. [I laughed]

Anyone can own one nice suit. You wanna look at their shoes, their watches, briefcases. [I laughed]