Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Adam SandlerHoward Ratner
- LaKeith StanfieldDemany
- Julia FoxJulia De Flore
- Kevin GarnettKevin Garnett
- Idina MenzelDinah Ratner
- Eric BogosianArno Moradian
- Judd HirschGooey
- Keith William RichardsPhil
- Mike FrancesaGary
- Jonathan AranbayevEddie Ratner
Recommendations
- 100
IndieWire
If Uncut Gems leaves people rattled, disoriented, grasping for clarity in the chaos of one man’s hectic routine, that all speaks to the sheer precision of a visionary achievement in full control. - 95
Vanity Fair
Uncut Gems is a movie that lives in the gut, where shit makes a name for itself, where anxiety, folly, and instinct are borne out without morality or restriction. - 91
The Playlist
Uncut Gems is an insane ride with no respite that will grind your senses down to their last nerve. - 91
The A.V. Club
The queasy thrill of Sandler’s live-wire performance is the way he keys us right into Howard’s electric joy, putting everything on the line, consequences be damned. It’s a pure shot of the gambler’s high, and Uncut Gems gets us hooked on it, too. By the end, you want to hurl and cheer. - 91
The Film Stage
Howard’s personality overpowers reality for so long that when reality finally hits it is genuinely shocking and painful. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
The Safdies and the cast go deep enough here to make the film a genuinely human one. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Directed with relentless tension and diamond-hard intelligence by Josh and Benny Safdie (who earlier this month won directing honors from the New York Film Critics Circle), Uncut Gems is a thriller and a character study, a tragedy and a blast. - 88
Slant Magazine
In the film, a man's individual tragedy illuminates the emptiness of the systems that define him.
