Hustle is a great modern love story disguised as a neo-noir police procedural.
80
Time Out
Time Out
Remarkable contemporary film noir that cuts the dirt and corruption of Los Angeles with a strain of allusions to (and, in the case of Reynolds' cop, illusions of) European romance.
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
The sinister mise-en-scene is compromised only by a few overripe lines from screenwriter Steve Shagan, and Reynolds reveals himself as an actor of depth and complexity.
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's a movie about characters, primarily. It cares more about getting inside these people than it does about solving its crime.
75
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Hustle is one of the few examples of true modern film noir. But director and screenwriter cannot resolve their different approaches. The script's humanistic, if depressing, angle gets battered by Aldrich's approach. An interesting mixed bag.