Review of American Hustle (2013) by Robel43 — 26 Jan 2014

I saw American Hustle after reading the positive reviews of the Media after all the nominations received for the Oscar Awards but I was very disappointed for the following reasons:

- the movie tries unsuccessfully to move between comedy and a serious story.

- they said that it was based on a true story Arabscam (or s similar name) but most of the facts seem totally unrealistic and difficult to happen, such as advancing money to receive a loan from UK in the '70 ties or Arabs investing in US in gambling in the same historical period.

- in the movie there are many inconsistencies. For example De Niro discovers that the Arab doesn't understand the arab language and there is no consequence?

If it is based on a true story I would like to know exactly what happened to see if the erratic behavior of many characters really took place.