2019 Directed by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Adam Sandler Julia Fox Lakeith Stanfield Idina Menzel Kevin Garnett Eric Bogosian Judd Hirsch Abel Tesfaye Keith Williams Richards Wayne Diamond Mike Francesa Noa Fisher Thomas Kominik Ronald Greenberg Marshall Greenberg Mitchell Wenig Hailey Gates Tilda Swinton John Amos Trinidad James Marcia DeBonis Jeremy Sample Jake Ryan Anthony Mecca Natasha Lyonne Sahar Bibiyan Josh Ostrovsky Robbie DeRaffele Warren Finkelstein Show All…
Martin Scorsese Scott Rudin Emma Tillinger Koskoff Anthony Katagas David Koplan Eli Bush Sebastian Bear-McClard Oscar Boyson Irfaan Fredericks
Неограненные алмазы, Pierres brutes, Diamantes en bruto, Неограненные драгоценности, Joias Brutas, Неогранённые драгоценности, Необроблені коштовності
this movie starts us right off with a psychedelic colonoscopy to signify how clenched our asses will be for the next 2 hours and 15 minutes and i call this.... and i cannot stress this enough............... poetic cinema
UNCUT GEMS is the movie that Jews were promised in the Torah
UNCUT GEMS is gonna be the theme of my son’s bar mitzvah.
If you're looking for a movie that will stress you out so much you'll claw the skin off your face, this is the one for you!
Not at all what I was expecting. I mean I knew it’d be tense and claustrophobic and well-acted (made a whole video on Sandler, he better give a great performance) but what I didn’t expect was how...huge this film is. The Safdie Brothers have historically tackled large themes with simpler plots and with a story this complex, despite a clear mastery of the techniques they’re known for, this feels like new territory. Uncut Gems is an inSANELY well thought out story with dozens of storylines working together (almost) perfectly. Feels like the darkest fairytale I’ve ever experienced.
It’s just too bad not a single member of the Academy watched this movie. If they had, Sandler would have been the first unanimous choice for Best Actor in the history of the Oscars. What a waste.
The helicopter service Blade didn't even exist until 2014, a whole two years after this film takes place. Absolutely sloppy filmmaking. Shameful.
But seriously, this film is absolutely fucking masterful. I know it's extremely weird and almost disrespectful to talk about films like this in terms of how they're awarded, but I really truly think this film is such a precise depiction of what "good directing" looks like that I'm gonna be absolutely shocked if the Safdies aren't at LEAST nominated for Best Director off of this movie. Also incredible sound design and mixing– so much of the tension in this film is built off the way the dialog overlaps so well and how sudden sounds land like firecrackers. I…
100
Jesus fucking christ, what a picture. Goddamn. Major in every aspect, and an effortless evolution from Good Time's parasitic acid-trip of grime and privilege, especially as this strips away much of Good Time's chase-movie energy for something far more fruitless and sad. Uncut Gems plays to the tune of an exasperated study in commodity, running around until it passes out on the concrete, its specificity in the early-2010s giving way to a cosmic pain, a neon-glow of worthless lives and unending transactions. Yes, it's a very funny work, given substantial gravitas by Adam Sandler's god-tier performance, but only to heighten how sickly each frame and movement is, like a rabid dog on its last day, crawling under the porch…
Making a period piece set in 2012 in 2019 is the funniest possible move. We gotta stop Kony
This movie is what it’s like taking a test you prepared for all in one night Anxiety truly. Adam Sandler truly steals the show but I don’t think I can say anything about his performance that hasn’t been said just great. The first acts pacing is a little off i’ve talked to friends and they said they didn’t notice it.Mainly I think the story can be a little all over the place but it actual ends up working in the films favor I think it adds to this messy situation and also slowly adds weight to situation and really makes the ending hit hard and hit home. Definitely appreciated this film more over time I know my next viewing i’ll notice some new things that will change my score. Go check this one out if you haven’t yet.
I know I’m a little late to watching this but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It was high stress/high stakes the entire time and literally none of the characters were good people but I can't deny it was probably Adam Sandler’s best role.
P.S. I forgot both The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar dropped iconic albums in 2012??? Time flies
This is one of the best orchestrated head aches I’ve ever seen. The Safdie brothers are the new cool in cinema. Adam rules.
Don’t know why this movie was so divisive. I thought it was great! Sandler’s got some acting chops when he isn’t phoning it in.
i was confused? i think i just need to watch it again and pay more attention to it though.
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