Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah in Netflix’s ‘Hustle’

Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah in Netflix’s ‘Hustle’: Film Review

Adam Sandler so seldom steps far outside his man-child comedy comfort zone

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that his more dramatic outings, notably Punch-Drunk Love and Uncut Gems, are uniquely rewarding.

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The same goes for the rare comedy in which the actor’s

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shtick is contained, channeled into a nuanced characterization,

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like Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected).

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There’s pleasure and poignancy watching Sandler in

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Hustle as basketball scout Stanley Sugarman, a man whose

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infectious passion for the sport keeps hitting a wall of defeat.

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Adhering to the formulaic requirements of inspirational sports dramas while

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