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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 89Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenHustle is a great modern love story disguised as a neo-noir police procedural.
- 80Time OutTime OutRemarkable contemporary film noir that cuts the dirt and corruption of Los Angeles with a strain of allusions to (and, in the case of Reynolds' cop, illusions of) European romance.
- 75Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrThe sinister mise-en-scene is compromised only by a few overripe lines from screenwriter Steve Shagan, and Reynolds reveals himself as an actor of depth and complexity.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's a movie about characters, primarily. It cares more about getting inside these people than it does about solving its crime.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineHustle is one of the few examples of true modern film noir. But director and screenwriter cannot resolve their different approaches. The script's humanistic, if depressing, angle gets battered by Aldrich's approach. An interesting mixed bag.