I want to highly recommend the Netflix movie Hustle, a basketball sports-related film with Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah. Hustle has it all, good writing, a good story and equally as good acting.
As I clicked through movie options on Netflix this past Friday night, I came across the movie Hustle. The movie info said it starred Adam Sandler as a basketball scout for the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team. While I don’t follow basketball, I clicked on the movie and gave it a chance. Within the first five minutes I was hooked (spoiler alert – Robert Duvall helped in the first five minutes!!!).
The storyline was basketball related, the writing was smart enough not to over saturate us with drama about basketball itself. The writing instead subtly took us on a journey to the underlying human drama of the majority of the characters.
The characters in Hustle were all equally well written and acted. I agree, Adam Sandler deserves Oscar attention for his acting in this role. I also want to highlight the acting by Queen Latifah. She conveyed the emotions and feelings of her character from her words as well as her facial expressions and mannerisms. In my opinion, the scenes she shared with Adam were some of the best in the movie. The scene at the dinner table with Adam, Queen Latifah, their daughter and the Spanish basketball player was one of the best scenes in the movie. The interaction of the characters at the dinner table was a simple pleasure to watch. The movie had many scenes such as this, a simple pleasure to watch because of the good acting and story.
Overall, the ending of the story left me somewhat fulfilled. I wasn’t sure the family issues of Adam and Queen Latifah were resolved. If I could ask of the writers one thing, I would ask for a Hustle Part II and for a storyline spent on the next steps for the family of Adam and Queen Latifah (and more time on Queen Latifah and her experiences in the sports world and the impact on her family of her husband’s career).
I recommend the Netflix movie Hustle. The movie has across the board good writing, story line and acting. The parts about the Philadelphia 76ers and the basketball world were interesting as well. I wish Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah best wishes this upcoming awards season, their performances were that good.
Me: I am Diane M. Spolar and I live in Willowbrook, Illinois (a suburb outside of Chicago) with my husband, son and cat. I am a CPA by day, and a reader by night and on the weekends. I am a lifelong lover of books.
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