Bibliograph

Uncut gems, directors, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie ; writer, Ronald Bronstein ; producer, Sebastian Bear-McClard

Type

Label

Uncut gems, directors, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie ; writer, Ronald Bronstein ; producer, Sebastian Bear-McClard

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: R

Main title

Uncut gems

Oclc number

11270975624

Responsibility statement

directors, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie ; writer, Ronald Bronstein ; producer, Sebastian Bear-McClard

Runtime

135

Series statement

Criterion collection

Summary

This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has finally come in as long as he can stay one step ahead of a wife who hates him, a mistress who can't quit him, and a frenzy of loan sharks and hitmen closing in on him. Wrapping a vivid look at the old-school Jewish world of Manhattan's Diamond District within a kinetic thriller, Uncut Gems gives us one of the great characters in modern cinema: a tragic hero of competing compulsions on a shoot-the-moon quest to transcend his destiny

Technique

live action

Classification