The Sting Themes
Friendship
The Sting really doubles down on bromance. Not only do Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff make up one of Hollywood's most charming guy-guy friendships, but they also meet because Johnny Hooker is try...
Cunning and Cleverness
It's probably no surprise that a movie about conmen involves quite a bit of cunning and cleverness. But the amount of cleverness you see in this movie is probably beyond most movies you're bound to...
Lies and Deceit
The Sting a movie about grifters and conmen, so if you're uncomfortable with lying you might not have a whole lot of sympathy for the main characters in this story. That being said, the movie does...
Community
One of the things that keeps bringing people back to The Sting more than forty years after its release is the way it showcases the sense of community that exists between conmen. This community is b...
Criminality
In a movie about charming conmen, it's sometimes easy to forget the fact that everyone we love in The Sting is a hardened criminal.The thing that makes us like them, though, is the fact that the an...