Rotten
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.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
The Sting
...all it takes is a little confidence.
1973 · 2h 9m · PG
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
George Roy Hill
Overview
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Director and cast
- George Roy Hill Director
- Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff
- Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker
- Robert Shaw as Doyle Lonnegan
- Charles Durning as Lt. Wm. Snyder
- Ray Walston as J.J. Singleton
- Eileen Brennan as Billie
- Harold Gould as Kid Twist
- John Heffernan as Eddie Niles
- Dana Elcar as F.B.I. Agent Polk
- Jack Kehoe as Erie Kid
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Extremely handsome production values and a great supporting cast round out the virtues.
A.D. Murphy, Variety
Fresh
Top-notch entertainment.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
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.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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