Overview
A jewelry store owner and dealer to rich and famous clients places a series of high-stakes bets in the hopes of securing a huge windfall. But His lavish spending habits on gambling, and family issues cause him to become behind on his debts. So he devises a clever way to pay off his bookies and finally come out ahead all while protecting his family and business.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Benny Safdie - Director
Josh Safdie - Director
Adam Sandler
Julia Fox
Idina Menzel
LaKeith Stanfield
Details
- Format: 4K Blu-ray (With Blu-Ray)
- Run Time: 135
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 715515266512
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: R
- Release Date: November 2021
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"Like a cross between a seat-of-your-pants heist movie and a protracted heart attack, this virtuoso character portrait grabs viewers by the lapels and thrusts them into the mind of Howard Ratner..." - 08/31/2019 Variety
"UNCUT GEMS emerges as a real gem itself, a sparkling comedy-drama about a compulsive gambler and risk-taker who never knows when to quit. Many will agree that this is Sandler’s best performance..." - 08/31/2019 Hollywood Reporter
4 stars out of 4 -- "UNCUT GEMS shows this electrified-fence feedback loop like no other film in recent memory. It's excruciating and exhilarating." - 12/13/2019 RogerEbert.com
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] potent study of a man coming unglued that plays like a white-knuckle thriller." - 12/10/2019 Rolling Stone
"Barreling into every scene with motor-mouthed brio, the one-time SNL player taps into a charismatic mania we’ve never quite seen from him -- he’s like a young Al Pacino, bristling with ego and neurotic energy." -- Grade: A- - 12/11/2019 A.V. Club
"It’s a tumult of sensory extremes, of images and sounds, lurching shapes, braying voices, intensities of feeling and calculated craziness." - 12/12/2019 New York Times
"[A] vibrantly madcap dark comedy....Sandler is revelatory in the role." -- Grade: A- - 12/10/2019 Entertainment Weekly
"[T]he directors keep the camera tight on faces, capturing every desperate wince, wink, and grimace..." - 12/10/2019 Film Comment
5 stars out of 5 -- "UNCUT GEMS proves to be one of the most mesmerising thrillers in a long time, and Sandler is a major reason why it works. It’s a career-best performance..." - 01/06/2020 Empire
"Whatever you may think of Adam Sandler, he is sensational as Howard Ratner..." - 12/19/2019 Boston Globe
"[P]ossessing the weight of a Shakespearean tragedy. It’s buoyed by Adam Sandler’s never-better work as the diamond dealer Howard Ratner..." - 12/05/2019 The Atlantic
5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Safdies’ uncompromised confidence of vision brings its own tumultuous rewards. As for Sandler, a gold statuette come the Oscars would not be undeserved." - 01/31/2020 Total Film
"[A] kinetic, midtown Manhattan tale, a jewellery-district drama that features a towering performance from Adam Sandler..." - 01/10/2020 Uncut
"Adam Sandler gives the performance of his career as a Manhattan jewelry dealer and gambling addict pinballing from one bad decision to the next in Josh and Benny Safdie’s relentlessly tense thriller." - 04/07/2020 Los Angeles Times
