Movie #2151 "Hustle" (Netflix) As much as I don't like or seek out Adam Sandler movies, I have to admit this was a good one --- it was recommended as a good biopic, and I agree. I don't usually watch sporting movies, but once in a while there's one that comes along that I get drawn into. What makes this one a bit different from say "Jerry Maguire" (another one I thoroughly enjoyed but that one was because of all the actors involved and the love story aspect of it) is that it deals with recruiting very young prospects for basketball (Jerry Maguire was football -- ugh! and lavish shopping for the next Manning -- higher stakes, so way beyond my interest because I feel too much money is at stake while poor people are starving --- sorry, I digress) Anyway, because it deals with younger guys, and a sport I don't mind watching, I think I liked it --- and it seems Sandler works harder when his compadres he usually works with for his silly comedies aren't being used . The characters here are interesting, the conflict seemed real, and it drew me in. I give it a 4 and recommend it to watchers who enjoy a good sport biopic with some basketball playing mixed with some angst.
"HUSTLE" 1 hour and 57 minutes 2022 R
After being fired, pro basketball scout, Stanley Sugerman, is excited, for the first time in a very long while, when he serendipitously discovers Spanish amateur baller, Bo Cruz, playing in a park outside Madrid. Fueled with new-found purpose, Stanley makes it his mission to groom Bo for the NBA as he believes they both can make it.
Director: Jeremiah Zager
Writers: Taylor Materne, Will Fetters
Actors: Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez
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