Having already ushered her to one Oscar win and another nomination, director David O. Russell reteams with his muse, Jennifer Lawrence, for the rambunctious, but wildly uneven “Joy.” A modern melodrama, “Joy” is inspired by the life of harried homemaker turned entrepreneur Joy Mangano, the inventor of the Miracle Mop. A creative, endlessly imaginative young […]
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Film Review: “American Hustle”
Based on a true story, “American Hustle” opens in a semi-documentary manner, with a line of on-screen prose providing the location — the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan — and the date — November, 1978. Some intermittent voice-over narration from the two major characters throughout the movie continues the documentary tone. After that, however, both action […]
