R | 1h 57m | Sports, Drama | June 8, 2022
Adam Sandler loves basketball. The former “Saturday Night Live” goofball alum is on a roll, reinventing himself as a dramatic actor. He recently surprised the public with his dramatic range, playing a diamond merchant who sold jewelry to NBA stars in “Uncut Gems,” and now in “Hustle,” he’s Stanley Sugarman, a world-weary NBA basketball scout. The movie features what appears to be the longest list of actual world-class athletes electrifyingly playing themselves, ever seen. Sandler’s 100 percent believable, and “Hustle” is a sports movie that sports fans won’t want to miss.
Sports movies have a tried-and-true, “best practices” formula. Whether it’s “Rocky,” “Hoosiers,” “Soul Surfer, “Crooked Arrows,” “Turbo,” “American Underdog,” “Heart of Champions,” or even the documentary “Manny,” there’s really only one way to tell these stories….