A remake of the 1988 comedy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, in which two down-and-out con artists engage in a “loser leaves town” contest, The Hustle brings together two of my favourite actresses – the side-splittingly funny Rebel Wilson and the demure Anne Hathaway.
Josephine Chesterfield (Hathaway) is a glamorous, seductive British woman who has a penchant for defrauding gullible men out of their money. Into her well-ordered, meticulous world comes Penny Rust (Wilson), a cunning and fun-loving Australian woman who lives to swindle unsuspecting marks. Despite their different methods, the two grifters soon join forces for the ultimate score — a young and naive tech billionaire in the South of France (Tim Blake Nelson).
Playing a part unlike any she has played before, Hathaway is at her funniest in this film. Straight-faced humour is her forte, portraying the comical sound board to absorb and subdue the humour hurricane that is Wilson.
Light-hearted, uproariously funny and a flick that requires zero tolerance for knotted, sticky story lines to follow, The Hustle is the perfect film for an enjoyable night out with girlfriends.
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