When a group of former strippers start drugging clients to rob then, will they be able to stay afloat despite themselves? At first seeing the trailer for Hustlers, I thought it looked fun but kinda throwaway.
This true-life adaptation sees JLo and Constance Wu form a tight bond while making money the old fashioned way: drugging and stealing from rich guys.
The camera loves everything about this movie from the dancing to the robbing to the soft comfortable family time. If there is a complaint to be had, it's that the message behind the film is muddled with the central family theme being overdone. Sometimes how you say something is more important than what you say, though. Here's my notes and what I was thinking when I wrote them:. Mostly this was just a reminder of the really well done one shot following Dorothy through the club. It introduces us to a lot of the people and the space, then it cuts to different interactions she has during the night.
Super well done. Oh heavens. Just after JLo's Ramona gets off stage, a pile of money in her hand, she asks Dorothy if money makes her horny. Nothing I can say about the proceeding dance or the question will make me seem like a human being worthy of seeing my grandma in the afterlife. When they're on a shopping trip at a high end store, they pay in all ones. It's a good joke, but c'mon, even strippers know to go to the bank and get more reasonable bills.
Everybody I talked to about Hustlers asked how Cardi B was, but I'm super old and have no idea who she was or noticed how she acted. Which I guess makes her pretty good because the cast all around felt seamless. The celebrity cameo I loved was Usher, coming to the club and all the girls freaking out that he was there.
