This is one of the most well made and even better written American films of the 20th century. Such an enjoyable and fun experience that just leaves you with a huge smile on your face by the end, even if you've seen it before.

On the phone: "PLACE it on Lucky Dan..." They made sure the wording was just confusing enough to sell it. I freaking LOVE this movie!

I love that the movies you choose are not necessarily trendy, but pretty good or awesome classics. You're doing a great job, congratulations!

If you loved this movie, I don't see a reason why you wouldn't love Newman & Redford together again in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Another loved classic with Paul Newman is "Cool Hand Luke". Both worth watching.

This was in theaters for 2 years and every time we went to see it, there were always gasps and cheers at The Big Reveal. And that "nose touch" became very popular for a while, parodied on TV shows constantly. The music too became super popular.

Great choice, now you have to do Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid With Redford and Newman in their first movie . A western

Such a great movie. Every time I watch it, I enjoy it more. The plot, the performances, the score! Perfect movie! Definitely in my all time top ten.

The Sting came out the same year as the Exorcist. Vastly different films but the top of their genre.

This movie single handedly brought back the 3 piece suit. And pinstripes.

One of the absolute best heist movies ever, one of the best twists ever, one of the best casts ever, best movies ever. You described it: "a gem."

Very good reaction guys. When you said you just got chills, that's when you know you were watching a great movie. Lonnigan was played by Robert Shaw (Captain Quint on Jaws). A couple very good Robert Redford movies to watch that nobody has done a reaction to are Three Days of the Condor and All The Presidents Men with Dustin Hoffman.😊

Not directed by Quentin Tarantino. The director was George Roy Hill, who also directed Newman & Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

The Sting... famous horror movie! The reason that Lonegan limps is bexause Robert Shaw injured himself playing handball before shooting started. But the limp made Lonegan look more sinister so they kept Shaw in the movie.

I was in school when this came out. Everyone loved the piano score, and suddenly all amature piano players were playing "The Entertainer".

1) As usual, the two of you are amazing. You are the sweetest, most fun couple in the world. It's always a delight to watch with you. 2) This is one of my favorite movies. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It is amazing how many layers the con has. 3) Awesome T-shirt. Watch how I soar.

I saw this movie in 1973. I was impressed. The audience applauded. It won the Oscar for best film. I had fun.

A couple of notes on this time period. This film was set during The Great Depression in America from 1929-1939 which saw 15-20 million people out of work. There weren't any governmental assistance, or safety net programs to help Americans so crime went up, and people took to conning, bootlegging, gambling, and more to make money. Also, many families couldn't feed or support their children so children were placed on farms to work, or in orphanages. My own grandfather, who was born in 1915, lived in a Jewish home for children in St. Louis for a few years along with his siblings as his parents couldn't afford to care for their children. Another huge factor during this time was Prohibition. It occured from 1920-1933 and constitutionally banned the production, sale, transport, etc. of all alcoholic beverages. This led to hotels and certain restaurants having speakeasies, or secret rooms where alcohol was sold and consumed without the threat of arrest, or jail. The US government dedicated a whole unit to raiding businesses, and arresting people for drinking and buying alcohol. The unit was termed "The U.S. Bureau of Prohibition," and was led by Eliot Ness who worked from 1930-1932 to shut down infamous Mafioso boss Al Capone. I highly recommend the 1987 film "The Untouchables," starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. Although the film is not 100 percent accurate, it is highly entertaining and provides some truth as to what life was like in Chicago during this time period. Prohibition occured because a bunch of religious wives decided that alcohol was the root of all evil. However, crime actually went up during Prohibition which makes it quite a case study as to why having religion dictate laws is a bad idea.

This film is such a smartly put together and stylish heist film made with a care that is rarely found nowadays. As others have said Redford and Newman were first paired in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid which is a completely worthwhile watch but the two men were individually leading box office stars for decades, Paul Newman about a decade longer than Redford since success came to him in the late 50's and Bob Redford while a promising working actor for most of the 60's didn't hit real stardom until the latter years of that decade, and both have many classics to see on their respective sheets. For Paul Newman: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, Hud, The Prize, Harper, Cool Hand Luke, The Towering Inferno, Absence of Malice and The Road to Perdition. For Robert Redford-Barefoot in the Park, The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, All the President's Men (a masterpiece), Brubaker and The Natural.

Sweet reaction. My father was not a movie man, it was family joke how long into a movie before he got up and went to the computer to play solitaire. If he made it 30 mins it was good movie. For whatever reason, this was his favorite movie. I'm sure it had some childhood connection looking back man the smile this movie out in his face, priceless. Much love from North Carolina.

One of my favourites of all time. Fun fact. Robert Shaw had a real limp,, he hurt his knee playing racquet ball just before the film started.

The black actor who plays Luther is the real-life father of James Earl Jones, Darth Vader

It’s AMAZING that you said the lady was the killer!!!! Kudos!🥇 🎖 🏅 no one has EVER guessed that in advance!!! Great movie!!!!!!!

Another Paul Newman film is Cool Hand Luke, it's one of the all time greats!

Consider yourselves lucky to watch this as an adult (in any era). I saw this on television with commercials many times when I was a kid, so I didn't quite grasp all that was going on. It took me years to figure out the FBI man was not FBI. So the surprises were not there for me later in life. I would watch this with my grandparents who were born in the 1910s so they knew the 1930s very well and would say things like "that's how the '30s looked". So I watch The Sting for nostalgia as when it aired on TV (TNT or TBS), summers at my grandparents when they were still alive and talked about those olden days.

Thank you guys for another GREAT reaction ❤️❤️❤️ You two are so much fun to watch You have wonderful chemistry. And you ALWAYS make me smile 😃 💖

The music style is called "Ragtime" but the movie takes place in 1936, Ragtime was already done almost 20 years before. This movie revived an insteret in ragtme music. Think of Ragtime Music as great great Grandpa's rock and roll, lol. The song use d in this movie frequently, is called "The Entertainer," written in 1902 by Scott Joplin , became a popular hit record because of this movie. there are many famous character actors you wouldn't know in this. as usual lol.

"What is that?" "I don't know. How the HECK would I know?" That made me laugh.

When I was on line to see The Sting back in its first run, a woman ahead loudly said “They don’t die” ruining the surprise for me. Lonergan was played by Robert Shaw (see him in Jaws and From Russia With Love) who had injured his leg so a limp was written into his character.

"Do not use the F word!" "Frickin' right!"

I love watching people watch this movie for the first time and being taken for the ride. Such a great movie.

Paul Newman and Robert Redford were in another classic before this. If you get the chance, please react to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

This is a perfect reaction video. You two were so good at understanding a complicated movie plot.

Great reaction from you both. Now, Lonnegan and Schneider both think they’re dead, so they won’t be searching for revenge.

MJoy4Fun! Typing this before even watching your reaction video. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for making this reaction video. One of the most fun movies to watch that has only a few reactions out there. Well done you two! (fun fact - the actor who plays Luther is James Earl Jones' father - the actor who was the first voice of Star Wars' Darth Vader and very famous actor.)

MJoy, great reaction, the best I've seen for this film. You followed along and caught all the subtleties. Not an easy feat for your first viewing. Well done!

Great movie and great reaction. My two favourite moments are: Gondorff flashing Lonnegan's money into his face with "You come to a game like this, you bring your money." and the moment when they left Western Union office with half painted wall and the blanket on table. Also - there are many great details which you would surely miss in first view - like in the first con scene. You can see exactly when and how Hooker switched handkerchiefs and how in the critical moment Luther is distracting that guy with "I have family" and "Hurry up". Really great movie.

This movie is one of the 1st movie I remember watching as I grew up back in the day. It's one of my dads favorites of all time and it was always playing around the house until the VHS tape wore out. Good times. Great watch. thx for watching it with us!

Did you guys notice the actor who played Lonnigan was the guy who was in Jaws? Robert Shaw. Great actor.

Paul Newman was one of the great actors as is Robert Redford. Newman is known for many movies like Cool Hand Luke, The Long Hot Summer, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (with Redford ... based on a true story), and many more. Redford also has been in many great movies, The Natural, 3 Days of the Condor, All the President's Men.

Must have been an inside joke, Paul Newman [Henry Gondorf] calling himself "Shaw" at the card game, when the guy playing the big gangster, Lonnegan, his real name IS Robert Shaw.

This is the film that introduced us to the concept of "conning the audience." So influential that it's an audience expectation whenever we watch a film with heists and con artists. If that kind of ending isn't there now, we feel disappointed.

I've watched a lot of reactors, and you two are the best! I'd never seen another that paid enough attention to understand the movie they're watching every step of the way. Good job, both of you. Oh, nice touch at the end. "Lonneg.... whatever his name is." Just like Gondorf always getting his name wrong.

The 2 leads were also in a super great movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! Also Paul Newman was in my all time favorite sport comedy movie, Slapshot!!

This film was a huge box office hit but today its mostly forgotten.... a real gem just waiting to be rediscovered....

You should love this, it's a wonderful movie, so well made, it won 7 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor - Redford.

The main song, "The Entertainer", was written by American composer, Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. Also watch Paul Newman and Robert Redford in, "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid." ✌️

4:00 I believe such scams are called "the pigeon drop".

23:28 "Why doesn't he give the guy (the cop) $2000 to get rid of him?" Because $2000 in the 1930's was like $50,000 - $60,000 today.

Did you recognize the actor Robert Shaw who played Doyle Lonnegan? He played Quint in JAWS. Great actor. Also if you want to see a fantastic legal drama with Paul Newman by the sane director of 12 ANGRY MEN react to THE VERDICT (1982). Such a fun reaction. Thanks! 💕

Paul Newman and Robert Redford were a legendary pair of stars. This movie was so popular, it brought back an interest in ragtime music for a while. BTW, did you recognize Lonnegan? The actor played Quint in "Jaws."

The best con is one where the victim doesn't even know they've been scammed, and that's what makes this plan work. Lonnegan (the mob boss) leaves thinking that Hooker and Gondorff are dead and that the police have confiscated all the money as evidence. He can't go to the police because the gambling was illegal and so the money is forfeit (if the real police actually had it, which of course they don't but he doesn't know that.) It's a nearly perfect plan - with a big problem that the movie leaves out. Lonnegan is a mob boss with connections to criminals in several major cities. Gondorff hired dozens of grifters who are all in on the plan and who know him and Hooker set up the whole thing. If any of them talk and word gets around about it then it's possible that Lonnegan might find out about it. But at least he's not actively looking for them anymore, so they have a chance to get away, change their names and start new lives.

I like it best when first time watchers don’t know anything about the movie! No concepts! No preconceived ideas! Fresh!👍🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

Your vid at 0:10 says this film was directed by Quentin Tarantino. That's incorrect. The director was George Roy Hill. Hill previously directed Newman and Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." That's worth a watch, too.

You guys are so funny. The first time watching this 'gem', gives you that, can't believe it feeling. Classic

Yes young people that is it . Saw it when I was a teenager . That is the essence . They conned the audience too. Don’t know why more people of subsequent generations haven’t seen this Masterpiece

I saw this in the theater when I was 11 and loved it. It was a big hit and so was the music from it.

Y'all need to have shirts for sale that have a pic of Marian with his arms crossed and underneath him it says "game over"

Paul Newman and Robert Redford have just marvellous tandem in this movie. For sure on of the best movies of 70th.

1973 was a GREAT YEAR for FILMS & MUSIC!!

Such an enjoyable reaction. So glad you went in completely blind. There's a TV show called *Leverage* that is basically _a sting a week._ It's pretty fun. The original *Mission Impossible* also had an element of this to it.

Great classic film. And Newman and Redford together are absolute perfection. Now you should watch the other movie they did together - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

For reactors who like this film I always recommend watching "The Rockford Files." It was a TV show in the late 70's starring James Garner. It ran for 7-8 years. My favorites episodes are the con episodes. Very good writing, with some of the same character actors in this movie.

In theaters, audiences walked out shocked and laughing, knowing 'the sting' was on us as much as it was on Snyder and the bad guys. And upon rewatching, even though we know the ending, the film is magnificent because we see how all the parts are constructed and set up. Just amazing. I loved watching it that first time but it was disconcerting and fret-filled - suspenseful, yes - but in rewatching, the suspense is replaced by amazement: "Oh yeah, so THAT'S how they set that part of up!"

What was so real was your reactions, throughout. Well done!

If there is one thing I've learned since first seeing this movie in '83...we've ALL been "played". Have been, are being...will be.

I love how the both of you get into the enjoyment of this movie. I am glad you don't talk over the important parts that you need to hear. This is in the Academy Awards top 100 movies of all time.

1973 was a Cosmic year. The Exorcist hit theaters, Bruce Lee died, America gave up in Vietnam, Pink Floyd released 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and the Twin Towers opened...60 days after I was born. Next year is sure to be the 50 year storm! 😎

Such a great, fun reaction to this classic! I love this film and watching you both get so involved in it was almost like seeing it for the first time again! Thanks so much!

$500,000 in 1936 is equivalent to around $11,000,000 in 2022 money.

Love your reaction. Same for me. Didn't see the FBI twist. The theme music (based on Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer") reached #1 on the popular music charts in 1975.

Just a quick note- Luther was played by James Earl Jones father, Robert Earl Jones.

Thank you for showing The Sting, I was eighteen when it was released in 1973, and I was totally mixed up when I saw Redford rise because I had not realised that it was a fake FBI. Half of my group of friends felt the same and the other half explained to us that the only true one was the rotten policeman : I went to see the movie the next week and then I realise how the plot was really well tide up ! A very good movie. I hope you will explore earlier movies from the Golden Age, even if they are in black and white, there were so good directors and actors from the thirties to the sixties ! Thanks a lot from France 🇫🇷

Great reaction. You two are fun to follow. This was one of my favorite movies from the 70s. Always fun to watch new people see it for the first time.

You might recognize Lonnegan as the ship captain from "Jaws"

You are two of the very best reactors and this may have been your best reaction. I would love to see you do more like this, like Catch Me if You Can, Sneakers, American Hustle, The Prestige, Rounders, Lucky Number Slevin, Molly’s Game or Mississippi Grind. Keep up the good work!

the limp on Doyle Lonnegan is actually real, the actor Robert Shaw hurt his knee playing racquetball and went to the director saying that he was sorry and understand if he gives the role to someone else, but the director liked the limp and thought it added to the character

Great reaction from you guys!! Do you realize that Lonigan (Robert Shaw) was Quint, the captain of the Orca, in Jaws.

We/I studied this awesome film in my High School Cinema class. Yes we actually got English credits to watch movies. :)

Absolutely a great film with truly outstanding performances all around!

This was portrayed in the 30's so 500 grand was a huge fortune because the average wage a year then was 6,000. I love this movie. Have seen it a dozen times. I read the book first and was amazed at how accurately they did the movie to follow the book which hardly ever happens. You Follow pronounced like Ya Falla was just a way of saying do you understand. There was a LOT of slang in those days, like when the guy with the broken nose is trying to get in on the con, the man says "You got Moxie" it means points or credit or guts depending on how its used.

This was the movie that made the producers of "Jaws" suggest that Robert Shaw (Doyle Lonnegan) should be cast as Captain Quint, the shark hunter.

Redford and Newman were a great pair on screen. Try "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid". The two did a wonderful job in that one as well.

Lonnegan's limp is real .... Robert Shaw injured his leg prior to shooting and he just incorporated it to his character!

Lonniggaan was a villain in a Bond movie, also in Force 10 from Navarrone, and the captain in, Jaws!

Great reaction by a wonderful, intelligent couple. Thank you both.

These two leading men, each major stars in their own right, teamed up in another great movie - "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid".

Great reaction. I love this movie! When I saw this in the theatre, I was blown away just like you were. What a great ending!!

The music in this movie was all ragtime written by Scott Joplin. It's anachronistic because the movie is set in the 1930s, and ragtime was no longer popular by that point. It doesn't matter, though, because the music sets the mood perfectly. Swing was the popular music of that time, but pieces like Sing, Sing, Sing and Don't Be That Way wouldn't have fit. By the time The Sting was made in 1973, most people hadn't even heard of ragtime, but the movie caused a resurgence of interest, especially in Scott Joplin. The Entertainer, performed by Marvin Hamlisch (who did the music for the movie) made it up to number 3 in the Billboard Pop Charts.

The Sting won the best picture Oscar in 1974, it beat the The Exorcist.

Great choice

The FBI was a last minute add-on that became necessary when Gondorff found out about Snyder. They had to deal with the cop somehow, throw him off the scent, so they came up with the whole Fed canard. For all that this is a fun movie, it's a very accurate one. The time of the film, the 30's, was a very special era in that technology and communications had advanced just enough to pull off this kind of elaborate, in-person con, and if the grifters were confident and skilled enough, they could get away with it and be gone without a trace. (For example, notice how long this story could go on simply because Lonnegan's henchmen _didn't know what Hooker looked like.)_ Another interesting detail is that all the names of the con artists are authentic. Guys like Limehouse Chappy, Kid Twist, and The Big Alabama were real grifters operating in the Chicago area in the 30's, and the architecture of every con in the film is real, as well. The filmmakers used all this, of course, to pull of the biggest con of all - the one they play on us, the audience. I still remember the audibly shocked reactions in the theater when Hooker opened his eyes, and the thunderous laughter and applause that followed it. We'd been HAD, and it had been a delight. This is truly one of the most cathartic and joyful movie experiences I know.

Would u agree it deserved best picture Oscar that year.

You guys were great. Right on it all the way, and they played you just like they played the rest of us.

Excellent reaction video. Their (MJoy3Fun) conversation at the conclusion - "There are a lot of ways to split the $500,000," and her response, "Even $2,000 is enough," doesn't take into account that judging from ALL the conmen we saw, it appears there would have been about 25 ways to split $500,000. That works out to $20K each if the money were split evenly. $20K was enough in 1936 to buy & pay cash for TWO nice houses - So the payoff was much bigger for everyone than these two folks (MJoy4Fun) thought. Nonetheless, this was an excellent reaction video to a largely overlooked GREAT movie - released in 1973 - the same year as The Exorcist.

One of the best reactions I've ever seen! Great job!

I love your guys reaction to the ending that was priceless

Star power. Across the board. Acting. Directing. Music. Marvin Hamlisch helped reintroduce Scott Joplin to America.

One of the producers of this film was a woman. Drug addict, broke, but had a bf, who was behind scenes in Hollywood. Somehow they put a few bucks together, became producers on this, and then even more on, Close encounters of the 3rd kind! 😮😮😮 But she hated Hollywood, stepped on too many toes, and was blacklisted. She wrote a great book about it called, You'll never Eat Lunch in this Town Again.

My High School graduation music was the theme to this popular movie that year. Music was that awesome. Americana ... just yet criminal, you have to be a smarter criminal just to survive ;-) Back then (in movie time) ... $100 would be $5000 now.

From around the same time, Poseidon Adventure, Original Death Wish staring Charles Bronson. And another gem staring Robert Shaw, the original Taking of the Pelham 1-2-3 ! One of the greatest twist endings in cinematic movie history. For another great twist in a movie ending. From nearly around the same time, Ten Little Indiana. Staring Oliver Reed, Elke Summer and Sir Richard Attenborough. Again another shocking movie ending as well !