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Jun 8, 2022 · Hustle: Directed by Jeremiah Zagar. With Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez, Ben Foster. A basketball scout discovers a phenomenal street ball player while in Spain and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Jeremiah Zagar
- 2022-06-08
This is a list of films about basketball, featuring notable films where basketball plays a central role in the development of the plot.
This is a list of American films released in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous notable films that were originally scheduled for release from mid-March to December were postponed to release in mid through late 2020, in 2021 and in 2022, or were released on video on demand or on streaming services throughout 2020.
OpeningOpeningTitleProduction CompanyJ A N U A R Y3Screen Gems / Stage 6 Films / Ghost House ...J A N U A R Y1020th Century Fox / TSG Entertainment / ...J A N U A R Y10Paramount Pictures / Artists FirstJ A N U A R Y10- Plot
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Stanley Sugerman, a jaded international scout for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, lives life on the road searching for future stars. His frequent travel takes a toll on his wife Teresa and daughter Alex. While he is liked by 76ers owner Rex Merrick, he clashes with Rex's son Vincent. Rex promotes Stanley to assistant coach, allowing him to remai...
In May 2020, Adam Sandler joined the cast of the film, with Jeremiah Zagar directing from a screenplay by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters, with Netflix set to distribute. Sandler had seen Zagar's 2018 narrative feature debut We the Animals, and asked him to take a look at the script for Hustle. Zagar was initially hesitant, before becoming intrigue...
Audience viewership
Hustlewas released in select theaters June 3, 2022, and worldwide on Netflix on June 8. According to Netflix, it was the platform's most-viewed film between June 8–19.
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 171 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads, "Hustle doesn't have any fancy moves, but it doesn't need them—Adam Sandler's everyman charm makes this easy layup fun to watch." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Sandler's performance was singled out for praise. For...
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