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The Sting
...all it takes is a little confidence.
...all it takes is a little confidence.
Comedy, Crime, Drama - 1973
8.3
94%
83
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Director:
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Details

Rated:
PG
Runtime:
129 min
Release date:
25 Dec 1973
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,500,000
Revenue:
$159,616,327
Awards:
Won 7 Oscars. 18 wins & 6 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

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,
9 May 2005
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,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Top-notch entertainment.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
13 Dec 2006
fresh:
Extremely handsome production values and a great supporting cast round out the virtues.
– A.D. Murphy,
Variety,
19 Feb 2008
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,
1 Oct 2008
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