American Hustle (2013)

AMERICAN HUSTLE  (2013)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: David O. Russell
    Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper,
    Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Robert De Niro
Cons conning cons in an ever-expanding con that gets way too big for any of them to handle. Featured attractions include Christian Bale's gut, Bradley Cooper's perm, Jeremy Renner's pompadour, Amy Adams' boobs (or at least some eye-catching cleavage) and Jennifer Lawrence's pout. The best thing you can say about these characters is that they deserve each other, but who's holding the final card up which sleeve won't be revealed till the last double-cross has been executed. Bale's comb-over is hideous, but as misguided fashion statements go, it's probably no worse than his leisure suits.