I don't get what all the fuss was about. I didn't really enjoy it, it was a bit of a mess and I wasn't really interested in what happened to anyone in the movie. Honestly not sure why it's so highly regarded.

IMO: OK, but overrated. Alternative title: Hair..

I couldn't actually finish it, and that fact alone allows me to rate it so badly. So hard to get into!

This movie is just so empty, you are watching it out of pity and you feel more bored as you go into the plot. Actors and acting are fine, by the way, but it doesnt lift the main problem - there is just nothing to watch! Actors are looking at the camera and are like telling you "Sorry, man, we are really want to show you something interesting, but all we got is this crap" And that is like the whole movie

A great movie, as long as one pays attention. Soundtrack was great. Characters were outstanding.

Bale did a great job acting, but was hard to enjoy the film as a whole. Clever at times, only to be drug along with slow pacing. Decent beginning, the middle is a total snoozefest and decent ending.

great acting by Amy Adams and Christian Bale. it's a smart movie and in a way interesting.
but this movie is also slow, tedious and... well, quite frankly it's boring.

I rather watch a few episodes of White Collar, which is wittier, faster and more entertaining

We will never know how the fishing story ended. I really wanted to know that.

Well, I am going to start this review with the best of it because it totally deserves the recognition, the performances. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner and Louis C.K. are all amazing! I want to talk about two performances in particular, my favorite performance that was Christian Bale's. He was the character by which I had more sympathy. He captivated me throughout the story but I thought his physical transformation would be relevant for the story. I was expecting a much more deep charater than the one that he was, but despite that, he is still my favorite. Then my second favorite performance (it's almost my favorite) has to be the fantastic Jennifer Lawrence. She provided me a few good laughs and just with 23 years old she can transform herself into Bale's crazy unbalanced wife.

The film's pacing is not the best. In my opinion the dynamic that was necessary to carry most of the scenes didn't existed. I found myself bored sometimes, thankfully most of the times the next scene made me feel interested again. So I guess the film has it's ups and downs. It's maybe a little bit too long also. The story is definitely interesting but it could have been done in a much more engaging way. I can see that David O'Russell valued the characters much more than he cared about the film's story.

Overall, American Hustle is a disappointment. I expected so much more from it. It could be great, instead of that is just good film.

i wonder why the hype with Jennifer Lawrence , leaving the brilliant work of Amy out...

Really hard movie to rate. Slow and long. It was interesting but rarely entertaining. Some really quality acting especially from Bradley Cooper, and of course Jennifer Lawrence. I want to give it a score around 8. But I can't get round the superflous scenes and fact that it was mostly boring.