“A brilliant 1975 film noir […]. The sinister mise-en-scene is compromised only by a few overripe lines from screenwriter Steve Shagan, and Reynolds reveals himself as an actor of depth and complexity.”Dave Kehr: Hustle. In: Chicago Reader.
“Hustle is the kind of many-layered, complex, cynical crime story […]. And the two leading characters […] become unexpectedly interesting […]. Aldrich, who’s an old hand at seedy urban melodrama […] found the right note.”Roger Ebert: Hustle. In: Chicago Sun-Times, 2. Januar 1976.
“The film’s drawbacks are simply a lack of some restraint, since otherwise all the elements are present for a sensational, hardhitting human story.” Vgl. Hustle. In: Variety, 1975.
