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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The New York TimesDave KehrThe New York TimesDave KehrInstead of deepening the material, however, the narrative twists feel like purely formal interventions, intended to keep the film moving toward its foregone, heavily moralistic conclusion. Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler is faultlessly professional but finally slight.
- 30Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterThe 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, though McCrudden does arrange for his lead gym rat to be shirtless as often as possible.
- 12New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannKicks off with an inauspicious premise, mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper.
- 0New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThis will qualify as a spoiler only for those who have never seen a really bad movie before.