You're nothing to me until you are everything

Don't know why I liked this as much as I did. Wasn't this supposed to be easily the worst of the Oscar contestants this year? They've all been great thus far - shy of Nebraska and 12 Years A Slave that I haven't seen - and, hey, American Hustle sure doesn't miss a fucking beat. An entertaining son of a bitch and Christian Bale and Robert De Niro (the latter albeit on a smaller role) are fucking top-notch.