The Sting
hen a mutual friend is killed by a mob boss, two con men, one experienced and one young try to get even by pulling off the big con on the mob boss...
21 September 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA
January 25, 1930 in San Diego, California, USA
10 October 1927, Ferndale, Michigan, USA
November 25, 1918 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA
28 January 1924, Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 January 1953, Bronx, New York, USA
5 November 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 August 1936, Santa Monica, California, USA
18 December 1922, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 June 1900, Manhattan, New York, USA
3 September 1932, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 October 1941, New York City, New York, USA
21 November 1938, California, USA
2 April 1904, New York, New York, USA
18 June 1910, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
21 February 1907, New York, USA
13 November 1925, Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA
26 September 1913, Texas, USA
September 11, 1919 in Essex, England, UK
2 August 1913, New York, USA
10 December 1923, Schenectady, New York, USA
6 September 1904, Bari, Puglia, Italy
18 August 1934, New York, New York, USA
16 April 1917, Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
December 10, 1914 in Staten Island, New York, USA
18 November 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 February 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 12, 2014
The sting itself is as audacious as it is elaborate, but the real pleasure comes from the chemistry between the two leads, the lovingly created 1930s settings and Marvin Hamlisch's inspired reworking of Scott Joplin's music.
October 01, 2008
Newman and Redford pass a few facial expressions between them and try to cool each other out. If there ever was much of a script, it can be said to have gone to waste.
May 09, 2005
The film is so good-natured, so obviously aware of everything it's up to, even its own picturesque frauds, that I opt to go along with it.
March 03, 2013
A perfectly calibrated machine designed to be as entertaining as possible in as many ways as possible.
January 01, 2015
The Sting remains the definitive con artist comedy: as irresistible and ingenious as the scheme that hooks in Doyle.
February 27, 2015
As for Newman and Redford, they have developed a form of instant communication. Words are not as important as they way they look at each other. Call it as snow job or call it acting, it is very pleasing to watch.
February 19, 2008
Extremely handsome production values and a great supporting cast round out the virtues.
November 16, 2014
Redford and Newman provide the real sting.
June 24, 2006
The film ends up relying on different chapter headings to explain what's going on, but it's all very professional, with fine attention to period detail.
February 20, 2013
A masterfully smooth grift that's built on golden-age savvy but never feels like a rose-tinted throwback.
December 13, 2006
Top-notch entertainment.
