Hustle

This movie was a little better than I expected. The previews of this movie made this look like a bad SNL portrayal.

Tom Sizemore gave an erratic performance. He was at times mostly portraying a caricature of Pete Rose to other times finally a tortured man done in by his own actions (the final press conference scene). AT most times, he appeared to be a hunchback.

The actor playing Jansen was robotic until he decided to rat out Rose.

As far as the movie, it was the usual TV fare which barely scrapes the surface and sticks to the facts.

I don't think it will change anybody's opinion about the case.

Hustle (2004)

*** (out of 4)

Peter Bogdanovich's story of Pete Rose (Tom Sizemore) and his fall from grace due to gambling. This has gotten all sorts of bad reviews but I rather enjoyed the film. It's certainly far from great but as a baseball fan I found it rather interesting. Bogdanovich's direction really keeps this above your typical TV movie but I guess most of the heat went towards Sizemore and his performance. Rose is such a legend that it would be impossible to really have any actor capture him on film. I think Sizemore gives a very good "performance", although it never really seems like Rose. Since I find it impossible to capture Rose, I think Sizemore did a good job creating a character. The ending is pretty depressing even though we now know the truth of what happened. The Hall of Fame has rapists, murderers, dead beat fathers, racists, alcoholics, druggies, cheaters so why not one gambler?

This is a must-see movie in should be a much better rating for this movie as Tom Sizemore does an awesome job acting in this movie and it holds your interest I almost gave it a 10 out of 10.

What a shame. This is a great story about a great baseball player and this movie couldn't have been worse. Let's start with the acting. It was a pile of junk. If Tom Sizemore ever turns in a worse performance he should quit acting and take up ballet. This film was horribly written, terribly directed. It was all over the place. This is supposed to be the story about Pete Rose who gambled on baseball which kept him out of the hall of fame even though he holds the record for the most career hits but this was all about drug scandals. I wish I could provide viewers of this film with some sort of reparations. Its stupid, boring and pathetic. Do yourself a favor, never see this movie.

0 stars, no thumbs up

This has to be one of the worst movies ever put on film. 1) Tom Sizemore doesn't even look anything the Pete Rose. He looked as bad as a good SNL skit. 2) Let me get this straight, according to the movie, Pete Rose a 5 foot 8 200 pound soaked and wet, was able to push around the bookies, the mob, Major League Baseball, and a bodybuilder.

Now I know Pete Rose has come out and admitted he bet on baseball...duh...no one is disputing that, but the way it is shown in this film, it made you think ESPN had some sort of grudge against Pete Rose. Michael Moore gave President Bush more leeway.

Unfortunately you cannot give anything lower than a 1 or else I would give is a -4256 (That is Pete's all time hit total)