American hustle's film evaluation

There are so many jokes in american hustle that people don't regard it as a work of art, but in the world created by David O. Russell, it seems that life without laughter and curses is futile. New Yorker

The freshness of rotten tomatoes is 95%, and the media gives a comprehensive evaluation of 89 points, among which RogerEbert, The Chicago Sun, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, new york Times, Entertainment Weekly, new york Time Out, Time Magazine and Hollywood reporters give full marks. The representative commented: "The film won the first place in this year's film, full of overwhelming fun and excellent production at all levels. I can't imagine anyone who doesn't like this movie ","The director extracted the essence of martin scorsese's gangster, and matched the amorous feelings of the crime drama in the 1970s and the almost absurd entertainment effect in the most perfect way ","This movie has a free association close to dancing, emotional madness based on rationality, and a soundtrack no less than that of jazz musicals. Director Russell naturally interpreted all this. " "2 1 century dazzling and extremely strange deception and farce, but it is in this seemingly speechless gag that it exudes the atmosphere of a master."

In 1970s, the FBI conducted an investigation in Harpark and Long Island, new york, which was later called "Albers Cam". The FBI originally intended to investigate the theft, but unexpectedly found many illegal official corruption from the case. After a series of investigations, a senator, six representatives, a member of New Jersey, a member of Philadelphia City Council and an immigration official were finally convicted. The case caused a great sensation at that time, not only because so many elected officials were corrupt for the first time in American history, but also because the FBI used bottomless undercover agents in the investigation and did a lot of fishing law enforcement acts. Under the pressure of public opinion, after the judicial procedure of this case was completed, Benjamin Civiletti, then the US Attorney General, issued the "Undercover Action Guide of the US Federal Bureau of Justice", which clearly stipulated the judicial rules and procedures that FBI agents should follow when conducting undercover investigations.

According to this story, director David O. Russell adapted a new film "american hustle", which was officially released in the Christmas film market in North America in 20 13. After the 20 10 movie The Fighter and the 20 12 movie The Silver Line Behind the Dark Clouds won double recognition at the word-of-mouth box office, director David O. Russell from new york gained great appeal in both the commercial box office and the audience's word-of-mouth. There is no doubt that the film american hustle, starring Christian Bale, amy adams, bradley cooper, jennifer lawrence and Jeremy Renner, attracted the interest of critics and audiences from the beginning.

However, different from the first two narrative styles, the film american hustle describes the bald scene of Irving, the protagonist played by Bell, in a very meticulous and patient (almost interesting) way from the beginning, patiently and meticulously sorting out his "local support for the central government": wigs, combs, glue, hair gel, and everything. Owen carefully looks at the mirror in the film, tossing for a long time and finally cleaning up his baldness. Although this cautious wig was pulled off as a joke by bradley cooper, the FBI agent Ricky, Bell, a cautious, detail-oriented, pretentious and insecure new york liar, was vividly interpreted by his excellent acting skills for the sake of the film's crazy weight gain and belly fullness.

This may be the intention of director David O. Russell. The film american hustle, as a comedy with almost black humor, always has an exaggerated sense of fullness from time to time in plot narrative, lens color and actor performance. The iconic big David O. Russell jokes that appeared from time to time also made the audience laugh. However, even if the story in the film is adapted from a true story, and the title of the film deliberately tells the audience that "some of them did happen" ("some of them did happen"), many viewers still find it hard to believe that the film is not a dramatic description after watching it, but is based on a true story: because almost all the characters in the film, whether it is swindlers Owen and Sydney, Rich, an FBI agent, or even Rosalyn, Owen's wife, almost always treat people and things around them with a deceptive attitude of "no one can be trusted", which is like telling the audience that this is a book written by a screenwriter, so don't take it seriously. Even Robert De Niro, who came out to make soy sauce, as a gangster, was negotiating with a fake Middle Eastern businessman. There is no tension in "Thieves have a way" and "Casino", only a funny tension scene. In the film, the director clearly describes this seemingly inexplicable scam story by dealing with black comedy or drama. Director David O. Russell's narrative style is very similar to the Cohen Brothers' burn after reading. This probably explains why the original title of this film is not american hustle, but American Bullshit.

The picture, costume style and soundtrack of the movie american hustle are obviously a tribute to martin scorsese's1990 work Goodfella, and even Robert De Niro made a special sauce: to be a gangster again. However, director David O. Russell obviously chose a different way from Ma Lao: the narrative was rambling and the editing was random. Compared with the previous work "The Happiness Line Behind Dark Clouds", it may pay more attention to the narrative of its own main line. American hustle's handling of the emotional development of the characters is weak: the male role setting is full of chicken thieves, which may be the intention of the narrative itself, while the two female characters Sydney and Rosalyn seem to be materialized sexy symbols in the director's lens. Although the performances of amy adams and jennifer lawrence are impeccable, the driving force for the emotional development of the characters is unconvincing. What the audience can see is the actor's excellent performance and the director's excellent scheduling ability, but the defects in story advancement and film editing are as obvious as the strong color of the lens itself.

American hustle is an out-and-out David O. Russell genre film: smart, beautiful, exaggerated, colorful and full of energy. Fans of genre films won't be disappointed, but even if it is such an interesting genre film, in this award season, compared with such serious works as Nebraska, Drunk Hometown Folk Songs and Dallas Buyers Club, american hustle itself may be just like the top of Owen's head under the cover of his wig: bare, bright, making people laugh, without much thought. (Phoenix Entertainment Review)