DiMaso wants them to help lure high-profile politicians and powerbrokers into a corruption net.
What complicates matters is that Rosenfeld takes a real shine to Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner), the passionate New Jersey political operator caught between the con artists and Feds. Rosenfeld doesn't want to do wrong by him.
Rosenfeld also must deal with his unpredictable wife, Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), who has the innate ability to bring everything crashing down with her big mouth.
Like the clothing, hairstyles and music, everything about American Hustle is bold and brassy.
The characters are in your face and loud and nothing is tackled in anything like a calm fashion.
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