Arguably the G.O.A.T. heist-comedy-blockbuster “The Sting” (seven Oscars) is the premier example of the saying, "They don't make 'em like that anymore."

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 17, 2024

The Sting has everything going perfectly right from start to finish and still holds up 50 years later as one of the best films ever made. It is a masterclass in filmmaking.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 25, 2023

One of the most enduring and exquisitely crafted blockbusters of all time.

| Dec 2, 2023

There's a playful allure that permeates much of the film and it has a cool retro style that calls back to the classic mob movies of Raoul Walsh and Lloyd Bacon. But it also has a touch of 1970s grit which helps sets it apart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 21, 2023

The Sting is full of elaborate double-crossings, delightful shenanigans, and nostalgic ragtime-era costumes and music.

| Jun 14, 2023

A pleasure...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 21, 2023

…even if it’s quaint by today’s standards, such Runyon-esque tales of moral con-men and justified revenge reflect something positive about the adventurous soul of America…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 14, 2022

The Sting is directed and played with great verve; the 1936 underworld is recreated with delight; and the victims deserve what they get. You can sit back and enjoy their discomfiture.

| Aug 8, 2022

Pure popcorn like this is hardly worthy of serious analysis... Fortunately, the stars have not lost their charm and authority.

| Aug 8, 2022

Sheer, joyful entertainment. It's a fun picture. Not a comedy, although it's filled with witty lines and laugh-provoking situations. The Sting is a perfect vehicle on which to forget 1973, a year which hasn't given us many laughs.

| Aug 8, 2022

It's a joy to look at and has that rarest of present-day ingredients, Hill's hallmark -- taste. What glitters here is pure movie gold.

| Aug 8, 2022

There is just no way not to love this movie.

| Aug 8, 2022

The sort of film about which old-timers say "They don't make 'em like that anymore." It's the sort that is content to be entertaining (no mean feat in itself) and not determined to be the biggest, bloodiest, sexiest, fastest film making the rounds.

| Aug 8, 2022

Purists might say with justice that a great deal of the complicated plot is preposterous. But it matters very little, since the film is filled with charm, not the least of which is Scott Joplin's lively ragtime score.

| Aug 8, 2022

It is ingeniously done. Everyone displays a stylish sense of fun, and the film sends you away feeling satisfied to an extent that too few films do.

| Aug 8, 2022

A "movie" movie that has obviously been made with loving care each and every step of the way.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 8, 2022

For sheer pleasure, light humor and victory for the good guys, The Sting wins hands down. It's one of those rare afternoons at the movies that remind you what movies are all about.

| Aug 8, 2022

These people simply seem to be able to mesh like parts of a machine, reacting smoothly and with an understated humor that propels the viewer effortlessly along.

| Aug 8, 2022

One pleasure quickly giving way to the next, The Sting is the sort of film you once expected when Hollywood was known as Tinsel Town. An entertainment that lights up the sky with laughter.

| Aug 8, 2022

It is glossy, self-conscious, theatrically forced. And, in company with its material, it comes off false. Fun but false.

| Aug 8, 2022