Jennifer Lawrence has already snagged herself a Golden Globe nomination for her role in "American Hustle", and critics cannot stop raving about the film.
"American Hustle" is a fictional movie about con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and his partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) being forced to work for FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). Together they try and take down a world filled with Mafiosos and powerful brokers, but soon realizes there are many factors playing against them, including Irvin's wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence).
Check out what reviewers had to say about the film below.
The New York Daily News gives the film 5 out of 5 stars:
"This terrific fact-fiction mashup revolves around the late 1970s-early 1980s Abscam scandal, in which FBI agents and con artists joined together to catch pols taking illegal cash. The movie itself works like a great shell game. No matter how closely you watch, "American Hustle" surprises you. It turns out that combovers, cleavage, cocaine and kookiness are an unbeatable combo."
TIME magazine calls the film "flat-out fun," praising Lawrence's work:
"Lawrence's Rosalyn - the woman Irving leaves at home, the better to frolic with Sydney - is no lady. But she has the con artist's knack of getting what she wants by threat, sex appeal or whine; Irving calls her 'the Picasso of passive-aggressive karate.' Playing a woman who in real life was twice her age, the 23-year-old Lawrence makes Rosalyn a hot number, as explosive as aluminum foil in a microwave."
Den Of Geek rates the film 4 out of 5 stars:
"'American Hustle' is sharply written, endlessly energetic, flawlessly edited, and perfectly acted, with Bale wringing much more humanity out of Irving than you might expect, Adams (the real gem here despite more showy turns from her co-stars) gliding from mysterious and seductive to desperate and frightened, and Lawrence creating suspense every time she opens her mouth to utter some new nonsense. Russell commands the whole thing with confidence and marvelous timing, even if he keeps a slight distance."
