Hustlers Review

“Hustlers” Review by Colorado Strippers explores this historical drama of New York’s scene. “Hustlers,” is a semisweet, half-flat cocktail of exposed flesh, fuzzy feminism, and high-spirited criminality. The film overflows with of-the-moment pop-cultural signifiers. As an example — Cardi B makes an appearance, and Lizzo does, too. However it also strikes a note of nostalgia for the recent past.

Specifically, the movie, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria (“The Meddler,” “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”), looks back fondly at 2007. Back then, before the financial crisis interrupted the fun, Wall Street guys were making a lot of money. A decent amount of which found its way into the hands and under the G-strings of New York strippers.

As the movie tells it, the high point of this era — remembered as “the last great night” by one of the participants — arrives when the R&B idol Usher (playing himself) rolls into the club where the main characters work, sending dollar bills raining down on the delighted dancers. The scene is a slow-motion bacchanal, a tableau of pure glamour and delight, a snapshot of carnal-capitalist utopia. It softens some of the struggle and sleaze that we’ve already witnessed and justified the entrepreneurial larceny to come. _{– Hustlers review, by Colorado Hardbodies Striptease.}