Reviews of The Color of Money
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Conner Rainwater
3Jun10
It’s a belated sequel to say the least, but it is well worth the wait. Fast Eddie Felson is back in a way that no one could have expected. While it is a continuation of his story, it also manages to stand alone. However, it is not as powerful a story if you haven’t seen The Hustler. Paul Newman deserves every bit of praise for his performance, it was in every way flawless. There was so much care and time put into this because it meant as much to Scorsese as it did any other long time fan of the original. This doesn’t try to overshadow or outdo what was already done, it goes somewhere different. In no way is this a sports movie or even about pool, it’s about a man finding out who he is again.
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Byron Brubaker
2Jun09
Fast Eddie returns, at first very much like his old mentor Bert Gordon, he mainly counts on his talent for hustling psychologically now. Vince is the new cocky youngster with so much talent it manifests itself in Jedi/Samurai/Kung Fu moves with a pool cue. He is innocent with no knowledge of or motivation to hustle though. Vince’s girlfriend Carmen is concerned with money and the hustle and so basically sells Vince’s soul to Eddie without his knowledge. Vince’s childlike naivete is a BIG difference from what Eddie was like when he was young, so Vince’s heart is never really in the hustle until Eddie walks out on the young couple. Eddie is incredibly ashamed when he gets hustled by a young Forest Whitaker and gives up on being a mentor. Eddie rediscovers his love for playing pool, corrects his sight with glasses, re-trains himself from the bottom up, and enters the same national pool competition that he sent young Vince and Carmen to. Eddie becomes sad, but more determined, when he finds out Vince has lost his innocence. After all, Eddie has rediscovered Character and hopefully can knock some of that cockiness out of the young guy, even if it takes 100 games.