Reviews of The Sting

A Movie That Doesn't Swindle You

Posted : 7 months, 4 weeks ago on 16 April 2009 12:31 (A review of The Sting)

I always felt that scripting a movie that focuses on a successful elaborate con-job really requires an exercizing of creativity from the writer. Bringing in all the elements of the characters & acts to pull off a scheme that is both credible in it's enactment & at the same time fascinating in it's grand unfolding is a balancing act on a extremely narrow margin.
This was one of the 1st. ones I watched as a kid. The chemistry between Newman & Robert Redford was evident even to me, as young as I was. They acted cool, they looked cool & particpated in a scheme that, in my young mind, was dang cool. This was the movie that began my affection for quality heist/confidence movies.



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Newman & Redford

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago on 27 April 2008 11:43 (A review of The Sting)

Paul Newman and Robert Redford are my two reasons for watching this. I don’t recall seeing such astonishing, mind-blowing performances.

The witty dialogue, the soundtrack, the themes of loyalty and deception are the other reasons.


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