The Hustler [Blu-ray Book] Reviews

Playing cocky antiheroes was Paul Newman’s forte during his first fifteen years in the movie business, and no film better illustrates his expertise with that particular persona than Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. It’s a multilevel character study of losers trying to be winners, oftentimes failing but just occasionally hitting it big even if the victory has a hollow ring to it. It’s one of the most iconic films of the 1960s and certainly one of Newman’s greatest portrayals. Its riveting performances from a truly inspired cast down to the tiniest bit player (some of whom went on to award-winning careers of their own) distinguish it today making it even more celebrated now than it was on its initial release. 

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