This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.In the past fifteen years, David Yates has made eight movies—seven of which were in the Harry Potter franchise.
Yates followed what filmmakers like Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, and Mike Newell had set up, creating a satisfying conclusion to the tale of The Boy Who Lived, and the less-than-remarkable Fantastic Beasts series.
A common refrain in Pain Hustlers, Yates’ first non-Harry Potter film since 2016’s The Legend of Tarzan, is the idea of a person selling what’s in their bag—basically meaning that you sell what you know.
If you can get by on reading people, that’s a good way to get ahead, or maybe you can sell Avon or knives door-to-door.
But if Pain Hustlers proves anything about Yates,…
Read full article