This may be about a famous federal sting, but, like all good movies, it’s also a love story (or two). The all star cast includes – Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Robert DiNero, Louis C.K., and the incomparable – Christian Bale.
Mr. Bale is enormously talented, and his physical transformation is exceptional. He personifies the art of the con, and embodies the character of Irving Rosenfeld – with all of his beautifully nuanced mannerisms, his sensitivity, his insecurity (especially about his meticulous and Trump-like hairdo), and his desire to love and be loved.
Big hair and bad polyester clothes define the era of the seventies, and showcases its excesses — from spandex to ’staches.
Certainly worth the price of admission. And yet, I’d say the movie is about thirty minutes too long, and the ending is way too neat and tidy.
