UNCUT GEMS
Director: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
135, R
Screenwriter: Ronald Bronstein, Josh & Benny Safdie.
Cast: Adam Sandler Lakeith Stanfield Julia Fox Kevin Garnett Idina Menzel Eric Bogosian Judd Hirsch
From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler in his best role since Punch Drunk Love), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he 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.
“Deeply immersive, that world carries the imprint of its cinematic influences — ..Abel Ferrara, James Toback, Tony Scott and Gaspar Noé — but it is also and finally its own rough and glittering thing of beauty.” NYT Critic’s Pick
