Jennifer Lopez’s stripper heist drama comes out this weekend, and based on the reviews, audiences are in for quite the sexy cinematic treat!
Professional movie watchers are hailing the Lorene Scafaria-directed film, which follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients, for its face-paced storytelling and phenomenal performances.
As we’ve reported, the film boasts an impressive cast, including Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, Lizzo, and (actual former stripper) Cardi B. While the supporting actresses are all said to give knockout performances, critics are calling J.Lo real heart and pole of this film for her portrayal of veteran stripper Ramona.
In fact, the superstar is getting such good buzz for her role, many critics are calling the performance Oscar worthy!
That’s right, y’all: J.Lo is officially getting Best Actress buzz! Eat your Judy Garland out, Renee Zellweger!
See what the critics have to say about Hustlers — which is currently at a cool 89% on Rotten Tomatoes — (below), and catch the flick in theaters Friday!
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: “A Best Actress Oscar nomination for Jennifer Lopez? You better believe it. As a stripper who can work a pole better than rivals half her age, Lopez is that dazzling, that deep, that electrifying. This you don’t want to miss.”
Beandrea July, Hollywood Reporter: “Scafaria validates her heroines from the start by focusing on them as women whose internal struggles and friendships with each other are far more interesting than their obvious physical allure… It’s a classic underdog story about the kind of Americans people don’t often think of as self-made.”
Kate Erbland, IndieWire: “For all its touchy subjects and ambiguous answers, Hustlers is never anything less than energetic, freight-train-fast, and impeccably plotted… It’s also funny, empowering, sexy, emotional, and a bit scary, with most of those superlatives coming care of a full-force performance from Jennifer Lopez genuinely deserving of awards consideration.”
Peter Debruge, Variety: “Flashy, fleshy and all-around impossible to ignore, Hustlers amounts to nothing less than a cultural moment, inspired by an outrageous New York Magazine profile (which serves as the sturdy six-inch stilettos on which the movie stands) adapted by writer-director Lorene Scafaria at her most Scorsese, and starring Jennifer Lopez like you’re never seen her before.
Benjamin Lee, Guardian: “Blessed with one of the most memorable entrances in recent cinema history, Lopez slinks through Hustlers with a deceptive ease, as in control of the film as her character is of her situation.”
Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune: “The film’s half-real, half-fantasy treatment of a fact-based story is almost really good. But ‘good enough’ is good enough, thanks mostly to Jennifer Lopez dining out on her best role in years. She’s terrific.”
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: “An actress often ill-used on the big screen, Lopez always knows how to dominate a room here, whether she’s dazzling a club full of horny men with her acrobatic pole-dancing, strutting her way into an oak-lined New York bar, or shooting down a retail salesperson for daring to look askance at a high-end purchase being made with multiple one-dollar bills.”
