Genre: Drama/ Crime
Runtime: 135 minutes
Year: 2019
Starring: Adam Sandler, Keith Williams Richards, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel
Description: 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 (Adam Sandler) must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Review: Because of lies and making the wrong choices, jeweler Howard Ratner gets increasingly cornered in the Netflix-original film “Uncut Gems”. Adam Sandler in a completely different type of role, the best he has been. If you want to be taken seriously as a comedian, you have to also take on serious roles. That’s when you win prizes. Look at Jim Carrey, who took a turn for the serious roles in movies like “The Truman Show” or “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, or Robin Williams, who won an Oscar for his role in “Good Will Hunting” and earned a nomination for “Dead Poets Society”. This time it’s Adam Sandler, the uncrowned king of juvenile comedy, who proofs he has a serious side. In “Uncut Gems” he plays the gambling addicted jeweler and it’s the best he has ever been. And only an awkward nervous laugh is what you get, when you see him Sandler’s Howard Ratner get into trouble again.
Showing of a lot of bling, with his fake teeth and leather jacket. Howard is unreliable and so unsympathetic that it is hard to sympathize with him. The film has chosen a different path and avoids all the standards you would expect in a film like this. The style it is filmed in has a nervous touch and this tension is only added more with the soundtrack.
“Uncut Gems” is a surprising and entertaining film, filled with nervous energy. It is a bit long with over 2 hours of runtime. Adam Sandler gives a fantastic performance, even though the Academy Awards completely ignored him. I hope he decides to take on more roles like this.
Rating: 4 / 5
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