Hustle (2022)

Directed by

Jeremiah Zagar

Genre

drama film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 2,857 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A down-on-his-luck NBA scout discovers a talented basketball player in Spain. He works to prepare the young man for the NBA draft while trying to rebuild his own career.

feel-goodupliftingenergeticwarmhopefuldeterminedsentimentalunderdog

What happens

Hustle is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Jeremiah Zagar, written by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters, and co-produced by and starring Adam Sandler as a down-on-his-luck National Basketball Association (NBA) scout who discovers a raw but talented basketball player in Spain (Juancho Hernangómez) and tries to prepare him for the NBA draft. The film also stars Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall, Heidi Gardner, and current NBA player Anthony Edwards. LeBron James produced the film through his SpringHill Company banner. Hustle was released in select theaters on June 3, 2022, and on Netflix on June 8. The film received positive reviews from critics, with Sandler's performance singled out for praise. At the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, he received a nomination for the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, his first SAG nomination in his career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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