Hustle (2022)
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
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Hustle (2022)
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Released Year: 2022
Runtime: 118 minutes
Directors: Jeremiah Zagar
Writers: Will Fetters, Taylor Materne
Casts: Ben Foster, Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall, Jaleel White, Raúl Castillo, Julius Erving, María Botto, Glenn "Doc" Rivers, Heidi Gardner, Boban Marjanović, Juancho Hernangómez, Kenny Smith, Anthony Edwards, Jordan Hull, Ainhoa Pillet, Elvin Rodriguez, Moe Wagner, Michael Foster, Matisse Thybulle, Tobias Harris, Kyle Lowry, Tyrese Maxey, Seth Curry, Dirk Nowitzki
IMDB: Hustle (2022)
Storyline
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
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Entertainment Weekly -
Sandler and Hernangomez have a sweet, goofy chemistry, somewhere between razzing and familial, and the on-court sequences are consistently electric. Hustle isn't reinventing the sports-story wheel; it's hardly even spinning it forward. But in the moment, they're having a ball.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
There’s a depth of feeling and a disarming sincerity to the movie that keeps you watching. Even the inevitable triumph seems refreshingly understated.
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TheWrap -
The result, as directed by the promising Jeremiah Zagar (“We The Animals”), is 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.
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IndieWire -
Hustle may not be the greatest redemption story ever told about second chances, third careers, and the hard work of triumphing over your worst tendencies, but the film holds fast enough to the courage of its convictions to feel like it’s got skin in the game.
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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. Those elements go a long way, but solid execution can only take a well-worn playbook so far.
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