Anne Hathaway’s Critically-Panned Remake Of ’80s Classic Finds New Success On Netflix 6 Years Later

A film that received negative reviews when it first came out is now finding success on Netflix, more than five years after its release. The movie, a modern update of an 80s classic starring Anne Hathaway, originally came out in 2019.

The movie The Hustle, starring Anne Hathaway, is proving popular on Netflix. For the week of December 8th to 14th, 2025, it ranked as the seventh most-watched movie globally on the streaming service.

Title Views Runtime Hours Viewed
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 20.2 million 2:26 49.2 million
My Secret Santa 16.2 million 1:32 24.9 million
Jay Kelly 9 million 2:14 20.2 million
KPop Demon Hunters 8 million 1:40 13.4 million
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 8 million 1:32 12.2 million
Death Wish (2018) 5.9 million 1:47 10.6 million
The Hustle 4.2 million 1:34 6.6 million
The Croods: A New Age 4.2 million 1:35 6.6 million
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 4 million 1:26 5.7 million
A Merry Little Ex-Mas 3.6 million 1:31 5.4 million

The Hustle received 4.2 million views and a total of 6.6 million hours of watch time. The most popular title was the newest Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man, which earned 20.2 million views and 49.2 million hours viewed.

The 2019 comedy, also featuring Rebel Wilson, has an interesting history: it’s a remake of a remake! Director Chris Addison took the classic film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and reimagined it with a female cast. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels itself was originally based on the 1964 movie Bedtime Story.

Despite mixed reviews from critics, the movie The Hustle was a financial success. Made for around $21 million, it earned $97.4 million worldwide, with $35.4 million of that coming from the U.S. and $61.9 million from international markets.

As of today, the movie The Hustle has a 13% rating from critics and a 44% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 171 reviews.

In a review for ScreenRant, Sandy Schaefer noted that the movie The Hustle, starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, wasn’t terrible, but it also lacked energy. While the film had potential, Schaefer felt that simply switching the genders of the characters wasn’t enough to revitalize the familiar story or make it feel modern.

Catch The Hustle on Netflix.

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2025-12-17 00:41