SummaryAfter discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout (Adam Sandler) takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
Directed By:Jeremiah Zagar
Written By:Taylor Materne, Will Fetters
Hustle
Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
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Generally Favorable
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
76% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
22% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
2% Negative
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1 Review
Jun 2, 2022
91
Sandler and Hernangomez have a sweet, goofy chemistry, somewhere between razzing and familial, and the on-court sequences are consistently electric. Hustle isn't reinventing the sports-story wheel; it's hardly even spinning it forward. But in the moment, they're having a ball.
Jun 10, 2022
75
It’s always a slam dunk when Adam Sandler drops his doofus routine and really acts. And here, as a basketball scout who yearns to coach, he infuses every frame of this formulaic crowd-pleaser with a real-deal love of the game. Hot damn! We have a winner.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
77% Positive
95 Ratings
95 Ratings
18% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
6% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Sep 6, 2022
10
This is my first review of anything ever. I consider myself well versed in the film world. GOT best thing ever to hit the screen along with GF Part 1. I know this isn't a giant blockbuster or some crazy rare indie or independent film but I love this film and everything about it. I love Adam Sandler for making it, being a basketball fan, and an American. I love his loyalty to the NBA and his friends cause you see them in almost all of his films. I have been watching him since SNL and still enjoys alomst everything. But this film was wayyy different As for the film. I love basketball and our culture. I read the lower ratings people gave. They must not connect or like basketball. I mean top gun got better rating. I think that sums up how pointless Critics are. To all the critics - Noone cares about your opinions. you are like the weatherman, pointless with no insight and alot of fancy words. I dont think any critic knows the ins and out of the draft and player development, how hard it is to make it to the NBA and when you get your shot all the people that try to take you down. This film nailed it and if you cant see that start watching the High School, college, and NBA basketball and follow people on the draft journey that starts before highschool. I have watched sports movie since Hoosiers and this was one of the best along with He got Game and Friday Night Lights (the Movie) and invincible. If you feel that KFC ads and pizza hut are propaganda and can appreciate a good movie because you saw a Coke AD then or Mad that Netflix is a Monopoly, just know you **** The film was great from beginning to end and put my entire house in a good move for the entire evening. Well done Mr. Sandler, email me some time - ****
Jun 21, 2022
10
I sincerely enjoyed this movie more than I thought I **** wife stayed awake to watch it so that alone speaks volumes
Jun 2, 2022
75
Even in its more melodramatic moments, Hustle feels like it’s taking place in today’s NBA world. This is Adam Sandler’s love letter to the game, and it is great fun from the opening tip to the final buzzer.
Jun 10, 2022
70
Hustle succeeds in being exactly the movie it sets out to be: A glimpse inside what it takes to get into, and stay in, the very competitive NBA.
Jun 2, 2022
70
If it’s no longer surprising that Sandler is a good, steady actor, it’s still fun to find out he can find new ways to play to the cheap seats.
Jun 3, 2022
60
Hustle lives up to its title by going all out — especially Sandler, who brings some heart to his predictable character, and director Jeremiah Zagar, who fights against the story’s cliched elements.
Jun 6, 2022
38
Hustle doesn’t really seem to know who its characters are, much less how they fit into the complicated web of sports, media, and finance that defines the NBA.
Jun 13, 2022
10
Great movie and great Sandler performance! Maybe I just haven’t watched a sports movie in a while, but even though I knew where the overall plot was going, there were still some small twists along the way that surprised me.
Jan 16, 2023
6
If you love predictable sports movies (particularly those about pro basketball), then you’ll absolutely love this by-the-book “Rocky”-esque underdog story with its formulaic rollercoaster narrative, monodimensional characters, ample highlight reel footage and predictable feel good vibes. If, however, you’re looking for something more substantial, search elsewhere, because you simply won’t get it out of this offering from director Jeremiah Zagar. While this is undoubtedly a capably made genre picture, it nevertheless doesn’t go beyond the time-tested, tried-and-true tropes of movies of this stripe, which can be fine if you don’t have high expectations but disappointing to those with more elevated aspirations. What stands out here most is the surprisingly tolerable lead performance by Adam Sandler, who has at last successfully learned how to rein himself in, an essential element for a film with more meat than his laundry list of deplorably silly comedies. It’s also a big improvement from his first stab at more serious fare, “Uncut Gems” (2019), but his selection as a Screen Actors Guild Award nominee for best actor for this performance is truly baffling considering the other more qualified candidates that he bested. Mind you, this is not awful or offensive fare; it’s just not especially memorable or moving. Save it for one of those times when there’s nothing else particularly great worth watching.
Jul 24, 2022
6
Just about decent. On all technical aspects the film is great - acting, directing, immersion in a real and detailed world. It was greatly lacking in any real tension or conflict, however. The story itself was not, but the way the plot was presented it just never felt like anything significant was at stake.
Mar 11, 2023
3
I usually like Adam Sandler movies. And I am all in for a feel good sport movie too. But this movie is none of that. And this movie dares to even call itself comedy? Where was the comedy? The story was too cliché to be interesting. The dialogue and script was too cringe. And just dropping cameo appearance from actual well known people from the NBA couldn't even save this movie. The movie tries to appear realistic and took itself too seriously but failed in delivering. What resulted was a high school movie for kids. Even kids knows better than to put up with this. The actors were stiff and predictable. It was not Adam Sandler best performance either. So this was an one hit miss forgettable movie, that the world is better off without it.
Jun 22, 2022
1
Another bs propaganda film. Add to the list of literally every single other film that's been released in the past few years.
Production Company:
- Happy Madison Productions
- Kirschenbaum Productions
- Roth Films
- Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
- SpringHill Entertainment
Release Date:Jun 3, 2022
Duration:1 h 57 m
Rating:R
Awards
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
