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The Sting

...all it takes is a little confidence.

1973 · 2h 9m · PG Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by George Roy Hill

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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.

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All reviews
93%
Tomatometer
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
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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