In HustlersMovie, Jennifer Lopez's talent blossoms into something that takes your breath away. Read Peter Travers' review
is that dazzling, that deep, that electrifying. At the Toronto Film Festival, where art films get the most attention, this glitzy true-crime knockout about New York strippers who take their drooling Wall Street clients to the cleaners, has been the talk of the town in advance of the movie’s national release this week. And for good reason.promises and delivers a party-hard, wild ride. No one expected insights that pull you up short.magazine article by Jessica Pressler .
If you want to know what a star’s entrance is — watch Lopez take the screen as if by divine right. As Ramona, a dancer who can work a pole better than rivals half her age, she slithers and shimmies on stage with a jaw-dropping finesse that’s as acrobatic as it is erotic. Dudes throw money at her. Academy members should follow by throwing their votes behind Lopez, who acts the role as well as she embodies it, finding reserves of feeling beneath a tough-cookie exterior.
Scafaria doesn’t hide the fact that the job can be degrading. But she also shows us women — some abused children themselves and others single mothers — now being exploited by club owners who expect them to survive on tips they have to split with management. And when the 2008 recession hits, a plan is hatched.
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