Uncut Gems
2019, crime, drama, horror, suspense
136 minutes
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...
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10
2019-12-23
That prevailing mood is a defining feature of Uncut Gems. There’s the nonstop anxiety, but the Safdies and Sandler punctuate it with plenty of humor—and pathos. Read more
10
2019-12-23
As cliché as it sounds this is a pulse-pounding, heart-racing shot to the adrenal glands. Read more
10
2019-09-20
Uncut Gems would not work without the absolutely mind-blowing performance delivered by Adam Sandler. Read more
9.7
2019-12-13
Uncut Gems is a turbulent masterpiece, directed with agility and bravado by The Safdie Brothers and acted with an Oscar-worthy by Adam Sandler. This 100-mile-a-minute look at the colorful life of a seedy jeweler just might be one of this year's best films when it's all said and done. Read more
9.1
2020-01-21
Uncut Gems is, appropriately, a bit of a ‘diamond in the rough,’ lengthy and sometimes uneven, but has so many positive facets that hold the attention throughout, even during moments that are a bit hard to watch, mostly because we see Howard make fatal mistakes just when his salvation is within reach. Read more
9.1
2019-12-25
Its grainy aesthetic, oppressive score, and vitriolic performances help to trap us within this weed, binding us to the experience of what is easily one of the tensest films of 2019. Read more
9.0
2020-02-04
Josh and Benny Safdie’s Uncut Gems is a nail-biting stunner. It is a truly overwhelming and, at times, exhausting film that nevertheless completely hooks you. Adam Sandler is exceptional as an infuriating character whose waking nightmare is every bit as grueling as it is mesmerizing. Read more
8.8
2019-12-29
The more the walls close in, the harder Uncut Gems is to watch, and the harder it is to stop watching. That’s in huge part due to Sandler, bringing every ounce of his trademark charismatic, sociopathy to bear in his customary twice-a-decade reminder that he can really act when he wants to. Read more
8.0
2020-01-04
Uncut Gems is the most explicit trans-Atlantic companion to Hughes' film the Safdies have yet made. Read more
6.0
2019-11-26
Powered by Adam Sandler's note-perfect turn, Uncut Gems is a stylishly scuzzy work that's as propulsive as it is maddening and exhausting. Read more
1.0
2019-12-21
There’s nothing even remotely pleasant or absorbing about this tumultuous yarn, and certainly nothing that Sandler’s uncommon persona can save; it’s an overlong, uninteresting, badly arranged, extremely disagreeable downfall that only gets worse as it goes along. Read more
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9.5
2020-02-04
Uncut Gems is zo'n unieke film die zelden voorbij komt. De ene wending is nog gekker dan de ander, maar het turbulente leven van Howard blijft geloofwaardig. Read more
9.0
2020-01-30
Uncut Gems is net als de vorige film van de broers Safdie een hele beleving om te kijken. Rauw, vernuftig, goed acteerwerk en humor op de juiste momenten. Een rollercoaster om te kijken! Read more
9.0
2019-12-30
Sandler brengt dat op overtuigende wijze tot leven en dat levert in combinatie met het camerawerk van de Safdie broers een ruwe diamant op die betoverend werkt. Read more
8.0
2020-02-02
Uncut Gems is een heerlijke aaneenschakeling van chaos, drukte en problemen die zich in een moordend tempo opstapelen. Dat het nergens ontspoort is te danken aan de strakke regie van de gebroeders Safdie. Read more
7.0
2020-02-23
Niet alleen is het een zenuwslopende film. Ook het tempo van de film is absurd hoog. Een op hol geslagen hogesnelheidstrein waarbij het wel lijkt alsof iedereen in een onmenselijk tempo van hot naar haar holt. Read more
5.0
2020-01-31
Castleden zoals Adam Sandler, maar ook Idina Menzel & Pom Klementieff mogen dan met Uncut Gems in een ander daglicht staan, ze zijn ver weg van de acteerprestaties van Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers of Charlize Theron in Monster. Read more
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