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www.filmcritic.com - : The Hustler has always stood out as not just a great movie about the con game, but as a great movie, period. Paul Newman's study of a pool hustler who goes through the highest highs and the lowest lows is so dazzling that an hour will go by before you look at the clock and realize... I'm watching a movie about pool. more...
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www.qwipster.net - : The title character of the hustler refers to Fast Eddie Felson (Newman), a hotshot pool shark who is hustling his way across America from pool hall to pool hall. One day he stumbles across the pool hall frequented by the purported best pool player in the country, Minnesota Fats. Eddie becomes obsessed with the notion of testing his mettle against Fats, and succeeds until a flaw in his character called being a ''born loser'' prevents him from winning outright. Then the depression sets in... more...
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