{"id":42278,"date":"2022-06-08T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hustle-review-netflix-gives-adam-sandler-his-jerry-maguire-moment\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:28:07","slug":"hustle-review-netflix-gives-adam-sandler-his-jerry-maguire-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hustle-review-netflix-gives-adam-sandler-his-jerry-maguire-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Hustle review: Netflix gives Adam Sandler his Jerry Maguire moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
Adam Sandler is the rare star who isn’t afraid to look vulnerable. It’s an innate talent that’s served him well in emotionally complex roles in Funny People<\/em>, Punch-Drunk Love<\/em>, The Wedding Singer<\/em>, Uncut Gems<\/em>, and so forth. Between his sharp jokes di lui resides a stunning, often unlikely intimacy that makes Sandler into Hollywood’s biggest puppy dog. It’s why his pairing of him with an emotionally perceptive director like Jeremiah Zagar makes so much sense. Hustle<\/em>Zagar’s inspirational basketball flick for Netflix, is essentially Rocky<\/em> meets Jerry Maguire<\/em>.<\/p>\n And Sandler as weary NBA scout Stanley is the film’s rousing compass. Stanley has spent the last eight years traveling from game to game and hotel room to hotel room around the world, searching for a difference-making player who can lead to a championship for his team di lui, the Philadelphia 76ers. But Stanley is tired of the road. He wants to be a coach so he can find some stability and spend time with his wife di lui, Teresa (Queen Latifah), and their daughter (Jordan Hull). When he discovers Bo Cruz (Juancho Hernangomez), a tall Spanish construction worker with game, he thinks he’s found his once-in-a-lifetime lottery ticket di lui.<\/p>\n Hustle<\/em> is decidedly glitzier and bigger than Zagar’s previous film, the critical indie darling We the Animals<\/em>. It deploys an all-star ensemble, ingenious camerawork, and sharp editing to uplift a clich\u00e9 story about earnest fatherhood and distant hoop dreams. But in the early going of Hustle<\/em>the bones of other, better movies are visible.<\/p>\n