A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.
Acting
Bale's physical transformation and Adams' double-crossing chemistry.
Costume
Those plunging necklines and that combover—character through fabric.
Direction
Russell's loose, improvisational chaos somehow holds together.
Director
David O. Russell
Christian Bale
Irving Rosenfeld
Bradley Cooper
Richie DiMaso
Amy Adams
Sydney Prosser
Jeremy Renner
Mayor Carmine Polito
Jennifer Lawrence
Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Louis C.K.
Stoddard Thorsen
Jack Huston
Pete Musane
Michael Peña
Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah
Shea Whigham
Carl Elway
Alessandro Nivola
Anthony Amado
Elisabeth Röhm
Dolly Polito
Paul Herman
Alfonse Simone
Saïd Taghmaoui
Irv's Sheik Plant
Matthew Russell
Dominic Polito
Thomas Matthews
Francis Polito
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bale gained 40 pounds and herniated two discs slouching for Irving's posture. Method acting or masochism? You decide.
The film fictionalizes the real Abscam operation, but the 'science oven' fire? That actually happened to writer Eric Singer's mother.
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