ThiefHott
Too much of everything
FeistyUpper
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
adonis98-743-186503
Two grifters named Johnny and Henry team up to pull off the ultimate con. The Sting will definitely sting you with it's boredom since not even Robert Redford and Paul Newman can't save it from falling apart. The movie is also a different of alot of different genres like comedy and crime and neither good on either sides of the same coin plus way to long and slow paced that makes the experience even worse and perhaps not a movie so special to deserve an 8.3/10 and definitely not a movie that also does not deserve to be on the top films of all time... (0/10)
cinemajesty
Movie Review: "The Sting" (1973)The "Best Picture" Academy Award-winner of 1974 directed by George Roy Hill (1921-2002), exceeding his fulminate success standing-out western also-starring Paul Newman (1925-2008) and Robert Redford "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), comes this con-men story of despair to mingle with the wrong people at the right time in an high-stakes poker game on a moving cross-state train, where gangster kingpin Doyle Lonnegan, portrayed to excellence by Robert Shaw (1927-1978), wins his share due to skill and determination, bringing Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff, performed by Newman & Redford again, into a tight spot of pulling magic story twists until the very end of pitch-racing 125-Minute-Final-Cut by "The Godfather" editor William Reynolds (1910-1997), which still keeps on to amaze on every revisit we are able to share to full movie-making enjoyment, firstly received in holiday season of 1973/1974 to an audience-striking picture not only with the critics but as well with any spectator on the U.S. domestic market, rebounding multiplied production values in revenue for producing partners Michael and Julia Phillips (1944-2002), when this real-perfect Hollywood entertainment picture just raises its value from a nine to ten rating to be a proud all-over classic from Universal Pictures, Hollywood, California.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC
storyid
Without a doubt one of my favorite movies ever made - the relationship between Redford and Newman is just perfect, the tricks they play and the turning of the tables (without spoiling anything here), it is just a great movie. It deserves all of the praise that it gets, from the acting to the sets and costumes and music, it is just extremely well done. If you haven't seen this, you should spend the time to watch it, as it's clearly one of the best movies to ever come out of Hollywood, and if you're a fan of either Redford or Newman, it's not possible to be such without having seen this movie.
grantss
It is the mid-1930s, the height of the Great Depression. Con men Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) and Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) team up to swindle crime lord Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw), a man who wants Hooker dead. They assemble a team and hit upon a plan. What follows is complex and fraught with danger.Superb - the perfect crime-caper movie. Clever, engaging and entertaining. The sting itself is a sight to see, so complex and smart you can't stop concentrating for a moment. Some great sub-plots too. Even when you think they aren't going to go anywhere, ultimately they add a lot to the overall plot.Paul Newman and Robert Redford are perfectly cast in the lead roles. They had, four years earlier, teamed up for the excellent Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and here they reproduce that confidence, swagger and camaraderie.The Sting won the 1974 Best Picture Oscar, plus six other Oscars, including Best Director for George Roy Hill and Best Screenplay for David S Ward.
