When you make a movie with David O. Russell, you’re going to dig deep, get collaborative, change things on the spot and possibly come out with an acting Academy Award nomination. Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams were all honored for their work in The Fighter followed by Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook, and now Adams, Cooper and Jeremy Renner are about to give awards season a go with their performances in Russell’s latest, American Hustle.
Adams steps in as Sydney Prosser, one half of Irving Rosenfeld’s (Christian Bale) brilliant con operation. When Cooper’s FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, catches the two in the act, rather than lock them away, Richie puts the duo to work, using their knowhow to create a con of his own. Richie is determined to entrap the mayor of Camden, Renner’s Carmine Polito, by tempting him with a foreign investment that he could use to rebuild Atlantic City.
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