The Male Dominance of 'Hustle'
Adam Sandler goes hard as an NBA scout in this male-heavy sports-drama.

Midas, his sister Rodin, and their friend Siyabend, three Yazidi children, live together in a camp in Turkey for refugees from Kurdistan. Every day, Midas devotes himself to the same mission: escaping from the camp to observe the border while waiting for their parents to return. One day, Midas's binoculars stop working...
Adam Sandler goes hard as an NBA scout in this male-heavy sports-drama.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
The film blends reality and the supernatural world together, leaving the viewer unsure of what’s real and what’s merely a figment of Michael’s agitated imagination.