Adam Sandler's new Netflix movie is bringing in excellent reviews
Netflix has released a new Adam Sandler movie – and critics are full of praise for the film. Hustle stars Sandler as Stanley Sugerman, a scout for basketball team the Philadelphia 76ers who takes a talented unknown player (Bo Cruz) under his wing.
This is far from the first Netflix movie to star Sandler – there's Murder Mystery, The Ridiculous 6, The Do Over, Hubie Halloween, and more – but Hustle currently sits at a solid 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, in stark contrast to Hubie Halloween's 52% or Murder Mystery's 45%.
"There's pleasure and poignancy watching Sandler in Hustle as basketball scout Stanley Sugarman, a man whose infectious passion for the sport keeps hitting a wall of defeat," says The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab)'s David Rooney. "Adhering to the formulaic requirements of inspirational sports dramas while supplying plenty of individuality and characters worth rooting for, the Netflix feature scores."
"Hustle is fiction, but it often feels like a true-life drama (thanks, in part, to the extraordinary roster of NBA players and associates who appear as themselves), and that dovetails with the new authenticity of Adam Sandler, who has learned to pour every bit of himself into a role," is the verdict of Variety (opens in new tab)'s Owen Gleiberman.
Polygon (opens in new tab)'s Robert Daniels also has good words for the movie, despite finding it a little derivative: "It deploys an all-star ensemble, ingenious camerawork, and sharp editing to uplift a cliché story about earnest fatherhood and distant hoop dreams. But in the early going of Hustle, the bones of other, better movies are visible."
Similarly, RogerEbert.com (opens in new tab)'s Glenn Kenny liked the film, but with some reservations: "If Hustle
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