Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler

Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler (2002)

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    (7 reviews)

  • 35% of users liked it
    (581 ratings)

Two men search for an emotional center to their lives and become embroiled in a circle of drugs, prostitution, deception, and blackmail in this independently produced feature. Adapted for the screen by Matt Swan from his off-Broadway play, Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler opens with its titular conceit:… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Matt Swan
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 21, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Jul 1, 2003
Outrider Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News

    Though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers, it's exploitive without being insightful.

  • Megan Turner, New York Post

    Kicks off with an inauspicious premise, mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper.

  • Dave Kehr, New York Times

    Faultlessly professional but finally slight.

  • Jessica Winter, Village Voice

    The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous, the acting is robotically italicized, and truth-in-advertising hounds take note: There's very little hustling on view.

  • Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

    The actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus.

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