
A Banker, Husband, and Father, Mr. Smith must leave it behind him. He's made a mistake and he's trying to pay for it but he doesn't know if there is enough money in the world. Or so he tells Bobby the eighteen year old male hustler Smith employs for company. Bobby quickly learns however, that Smith is no regular John, and their meeting has unintended consequences that neither of them is prepared to afford.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Banker, Husband, and Father, Mr. Smith must leave it behind him. He's made a mistake and he's trying to pay for it but he doesn't know if there is enough money in the world. Or so he tells Bobby the eighteen year old male hustler Smith employs for company. Bobby quickly learns however, that Smith is no regular John, and their meeting has unintended consequences that neither of them is prepared to afford.
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| Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.comScott Von DoviakThe actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus. |
| The New York TimesDave KehrInstead of deepening the material, however, the narrative twists feel like purely formal interventions, intended to keep the film moving toward its foregone, heavily moralistic conclusion. Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler is faultlessly professional but finally slight. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe film is an encouraging effort from McCrudden -- he manages to avoid the staginess of the recurring two-characters-in-a-hotel-room set-up -- and features a standout performance from Williams. |
| New York PostMegan TurnerKicks off with an inauspicious premise, mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper. |
| Village VoiceJessica WinterThe high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous, the acting is robotically italicized, and truth-in-advertising hounds take note: There's very little hustling on view, though McCrudden does arrange for his lead gym rat to be shirtless as often as possible. |
| New York PostMegan LehmannKicks off with an inauspicious premise, mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThis will qualify as a spoiler only for those who have never seen a really bad movie before. |
| User ReviewPrivate Ui am not sure I really got it, but decent overall... |