History Film / TheHustle

Penny Rust (Wilson) is a low brow con artist in America, catfishing men and then convincing them to give her money [[BuxomIsBetter for a boob job.]] She travels to France to get richer marks, but in the way she encounters Josephine Chesterfield (Hathaway), a high class con artist whose main prey are the same rich men Penny is trying to scam. The situation puts the women at odds with each other, so they decide to settle things once and for all by betting the territory on a single master con.

** At one point, Penny scams a free meal out of a train passenger by pretending her hot friend got kidnapped; the described events of the kidnapping match exactly those from {{Film/Taken}}.

* {{Bittersweet Ending}}: Penny and Josephine become friends, and Penny and Thomas start dating. They three also team up. However, they are doing illegal cons and scams still and as shown when Thomas later cons a woman called Cathy, who is seemingly a nice person who cares for animals, not every person they con might deserve this.

''The Hustle'' is a 2019 comedy film starring Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/RebelWilson, and the third version of the 1964 comedy ''Film/BedtimeStory'' (the second one being ''Film/DirtyRottenScoundrels'').

* {{Determinator}}: It's nothing less than admirable how Penny is able to mantain the deceit through the "therapy session".

** Josephine explains that men are easy victims because it never crosses their mind that a woman could be smarter than them and thus they easily let their guard down. This logic gets applied in the ending when [[spoiler: Thomas explains that con artists are easy victims because it never crosses their mind that a mark could be smarter than them.]]
** Thomas' big app that landed him his fortune seems to actually be pretty useless. [[spoiler: He probably used his manipulation skills on investors and users.]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: The movie goes out of its way to reassure the audience that all of the protagonists' victims are terrible people so you can root for the women scamming them out of their money. The marks include shallow bros that only care for a woman's breasts, men selling their wives' jewelry to feed their gambling (while cheating on them), hypocritical politicians that want to make things harder for immigrants and people wanting to get endangered animals for fun. The only decent mark is Thomas [[spoiler: except that in that con the marks are actually the women, who being con artists are also not innocent victims.]]

* TrainingMontage: Josephine teaches Penny how to be elegant and refined, and also for some reason how to throw knives. It seems to take quite a lot of effort until Penny is declared ready, [[FridgeLogic then they pull a con that requires as little manners and elegance as possible, making all the training usless.]]

* JustTrainWrong: You'll never see a DR1 diesel multiple unit in France. Those serve in countries of former USSR and are wide-gauge.

* JustTrainWrong: You'll never see an ADDY DM3 diesel multiple unit in France.

* AdaptationTitleChange: ''The Hustle'' was adapted from ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'', which itself was adapted from ''Bedtime Stories''.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Penny fakes blindness to get Thomas' sympathy.

''The Hustle'' is a 2019 comedy film starring Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/RebelWilson, and the third version of the 1964 comedy ''Bedtime Story''.

* {{Adorkable}}: Thomas is an awkward nerd with lots of computer knowledge but poor social skills who nevertheless is willing to do anything to help a poor blind girl he just met. No wonder Penny falls for him.

* TrainingMontage: Josephine teaches Penny how to be elegant and refined, and also for some reason how to throw knives. It seems to take quite a lot of effot until Penny is declared ready, [[FridgeLogic then they pull a con that requires as little manners and elegance as possible, making all the training usless.]]

* IronicEcho: When Josephine is making excuses not to have sex with Mathias, he dismisses all of them by answering "me too", including when she claims to have a boyfriend. When he's trying to make excuses not to have sex with Penny, she likewise dismisses them by answeinhr "me too", including when he claims to have several [=STDs=].

Penny Rust (Wilson) is a low brow con artist in America, catfishing men and then convincing them to give her money [[BuxomIsBetter for a boob job.]] She travels to France to get richer marks, but in the way she sencounters Josephine Chesterfield (Hathaway), a high class con artist whose main prey are the same rich men Penny is trying to scam. The situation puts the women at odds with each other, so they decide to settle things once and for all by betting the territory on a single master con.

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!!The Film Provides examples of the Following Tropes:

* BookEnds: In her first scene, Penny eludes her pursuers by using her black dress to pass for a garbage bag in a dumpster. In the last scene, both women pull off the trick by using their golden dresses to pass for prop presents under a big christmas tree.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Invoked, the famous therapist that this poor girl just happens to be at the hotels lobby at that precise moment. What are the odds?
* DaddysLittleVillain: Genderflipped [[spoiler: Thomas' doting grandma thaught him to scam.]]

** Thomas' big app that landed him his fortune seems to actually be pretty useless. [[spoiler: He probably used his manipulation skills on investors and users]]

* InLoveWithTheMark: Penny falls for Thomas, whom she's tryng to scam [[spoiler: and viceversa.]]

* MeaningfulName: Penny Rust, her cons are small time (just like the penny is the smalles currency) and Rust evokes an unkempt state reflecte on her poor manners. Surprisingly, there's no indication that it's an alias.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The movie goes out of its way to reassure the audience that all of the protagnoist's victims are terrible people so you can root for the women scamming them out of their money. The marks include shallow bros that only care for a woman's breasts, men selling their wives' jewelry to feed their gambling (while cheating on them), hypocritical politicians that want to make things harder for immigrants and people wanting to get endangered animals for fun. The only decent mark is Thomas [[spoiler: except that in that con the marks are actually the women, who being con artists are also not innocent victims.]]
* ShoutOut: At one point Penny scams a free meal out of a train passenger by pretending her hot friend got kidnapped, the events of the kidnapping match exactly those from {{Film/Taken}}.

* TrainingMontage: Josephine teaches Penny how to be elegant and refined, and also for some reason how to throw knives, it seems to take quite a lot of effot until Penny is declares readdy, [[FridgeLogic then they pull a con that requires as little manners and elegance as possible, making all the training usless.]]

The Hustle is a 2019 comedy film starring Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/RebelWilson

The Film Provides examples of the Following Tropes:

* SlobsVersusSnobs: Josephine is a very refined woman with a huge estate and a butler. Penny has no manners, no education and no class, and basically backpacks all the way to France.

The Hustle is 2019 comedy film starring Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/RebelWilson

The Film Provides examples of the Following Tropes

* Adorkable: Thomas is an awkward nerd with lots of computer knowledge but poor social skills who nevertheless is willing to do anything to help a poor blind girl he just met. No wonder Penny falls for him.

* Foreshadowing:

* IronicEcho: When Josephine is making excuses not to have sex with Mathias, he dismisses all of them by answering "me too", including when she claims to have a boyfriend. When he's trying to make excuses not to have sex with Penny, she likewise dismisses them by answeinhr "me too", including when he claims to have several [[=STDs=]].

* ShoutOut: At one point Penny scams a free meal out of a train passenger by pretending her hot friend got kidnapped, the events of the kidnapping match exactly those from {{Film/Taken.}}

Penny Rust (Wilson) is a low brow con artist in America, catfishing men and then convincing them to give her money [[BusomIsBetter for a boob job.]] She travels to France to get richer marks, but in the way she sencounters Josephine Chesterfield (Hathaway), a high class con artist whose main prey are the same rich men Penny is trying to scam. The situation puts the women at odds with each other, so they decide to settle things once and for all by betting the territory on a single master con.

* ChekovsGunman: Two characters are mentioned several times throughout the movie [[spoiler: Medusa and Thomas' grandma.]] They both come to play a part in the ending when it's revealed [[spoiler: they're the same person.]]

* IronicEcho: When Josephine is making excuses not to have sex with Mathias, he dismisses all of them by answering "me too", including when she claims to have a boyfriend. When he's trying to make excuses not to have sex with Penny, she likewise dismisses them by answeinhr "me too", including when he claims to have several STDs.

* SlobsVersussSnobs: Josephine is a very refined woman with a huge estate and a butler. Penny has no manners, no education and no class, and basically backpacks all the way to France.