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Eric Bogosian

LaKeith Stanfield

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• 3d ago

  I never thought a score could be so detrimental to a movie, but after this odd score played over the dialogue for the first 20 minutes of the film I was tempted to walk out. The story and directorial choices are very strange, and the acting is slightly above average at best. The film picks up towards the end but overall, it's not a great watch, or listen, by any stretch.
  

  Sanjay R Super Reviewer
• Jan 25, 2020

  Adam Sandler reprises his real-life role as an actual actor in UNCUT GEMS, the Safdie brothers' anxiety-ridden, feel-bad crime thriller follow-up to their anxiety-ridden, feel-bad crime thriller GOOD TIME. I'm honestly amazed that they got the level of distribution they did with this film, but I can't imagine Sandler and Kevin Garnett's egos would have been satiated by a two week limited run in select theaters. This trailer played everywhere from the Frozen 2 pre-movie trailers to ESPN, and perhaps inviting general audiences to this Cassavettes riff on 70's Scorsese by way of Friedkin was destined to sour the butter in their 15 dollar popcorn buckets. For anyone who did see HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT or GOOD TIME, they know what they're in for with this story of a jewelry broker/gambling addict as he attempts several of the riskiest gambits of his life in quick succession, hoping to redeeming himself financially and in reputation. As I mentioned William Friedkin earlier, the movie starts in a not-so-subtle homage to the opening sequence of THE EXORCIST at a large scale, desert mining operation with the location font straight out of that classic horror staple. Then we get some 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY stargate visuals, and next the movie literally goes through Sandler's colon to begin our story. Yes, that is some dark comedy to say the least, but waiting and searching for the bleak humor (if you can call it that) to come is not recommended for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. This movie violently jams you in the back of a car and takes your clothes at gunpoint. This movie creepily stares at you undressing from behind a closet door. Perhaps most terrifying of all, this movie forces you to listen to The Weeknd. I can't recommend it to everybody, but it is a manic and thrilling experience paralleled only by PARASITE this year. As for Sandler's performance, it's in a different world from anything he's done since PUNCH DRUNK LOVE. He's an unsympathetic sleaze who takes advantage of everyone around him in some hell-bent compulsion to be at the center of attention while accruing as much wealth as possible (and the character he plays isn't much better *rimshot*), but for some reason you start to root for him to make it all the way through and triumph. By the third act I was mesmerized and sweating. It's a bizarre way for Sandler to reintroduce himself to serious cinema, and I imagine that it's equally jarring for the sportsball fans who showed up to see Billy Madison step in a toilet and yell incoherently at elderly people.
  

  Steve L Super Reviewer
• Jan 01, 2020

  Uncut Gems is like having a panic attack. It's frantic, unpredictable, exhausting, anxious, paranoid, visceral, and I still don't know if I can say I actually enjoyed the actual movie. I can admire it and its effectiveness at putting the viewer in the world of Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a middle-aged jeweler that owes money to every shady human in New York City, though I don't know if I want to step back into this mucky world of crime, losers, and lowlifes. It's 2012, and Howard has procured a rare gemstone from Ethiopia and considers this his big score, which is important considering he keeps taking on more debts to pay off the last debts to angry, violent men. Basketball star Kevin Garnett, playing himself surprisingly well, visits the shop and is obsessed with the gem and the mythic power he feels it offers him. Howard agrees to allow the NBA star to borrow the gem, and from there Uncut Gems is a nonstop descent into chaos, with creditors, auction houses, family members, mistresses, and every goon in the tri-state area colliding with Howard as he spins desperate deals, escapes, and anything he can to attain that big score. The Safdie brothers, a writing/directing pair, made a big splash with 2017's gloriously thrilling Good Time, a movie that was as brilliantly streamlined and direct as this new one is deliberately sloppy. It feels like one plot event crashing into another, with characters speaking over one another, a throbbing score constantly in your ear, and with claustrophobic camerawork and grimy lighting. You feel like you're experiencing the constant rush of anxiety of Howard, and it's very potent, but the movie can also feel repetitive. There's so much happening all the time that it can feel less like things are escalating worse than things are just still happening. There are stellar sequences, in particular the later act with an auction and pulling off an escape leading to a very complicated high-risk-high-reward bet, but the movie's sloppiness and overlapping nature also makes it feel smothering. Sandler is superb as an adrenaline junkie seeking his next fix, a self-destructive gambler who knows he can never be satisfied. With Sandler's able assist, Howard has an offbeat charm that makes you listen when you should be punching him in the nose. Without Sandler and his live-wire performance, you probably wouldn't care what happens to this mess of a man. Julia Fox plays Howard's mistress and she's a real discovery. This is her film debut and it certainly won't be her last. She's more than a pretty face and finds a screwball sweetness to her relationship with her boss, enough so that you think she may actually love Howard for real, in her own way. Uncut Gems is also shockingly unsentimental about its characters and what befalls them. You may laugh, you may gasp, but you'll be surprised one way or another. The Safdie brothers continue to solidify themselves as some of the most exciting filmmakers working in the thriller genre. I'll still prefer Good Time and a scuzzy Robert Pattinson to a scuzzy, bruised, beaten, and always-smiling Sandler, but Uncut Gems is two hours of collective adrenaline spikes. Nate's Grade: B+
  Nate Z Super Reviewer
• Dec 26, 2019

  Saw #UncutGems on Christmas Day. Not exactly a Christmas movie, but a heck of a performance from Adam Sandler as a jeweler in NY's Diamond District (who's a heavy better on basketball). I understand the Oscar buzz for him now. Frenetically paced, lots of yelling and cursing throughout. (You won't like it if you're offended by coarse language) But really well edited and packs a heck of a punch ****
  

  Joe S Super Reviewer

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