Uncut Gems: Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie. With Mesfin Lamengo, Sun Zhi Hua-Hilton, Liang Wei-Hui-Duncan, Sunny Wu Jin Zahao. With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.

In the corrupt diamond market of New York City, gemstone dealer and gambling addict Howard Ratner owes money to nearly everyone. A serial adulterer, habitual gambler, and all-around con artist, Howard believes he can get out of the tight spot when he gets his hands on a block of rare Ethiopian black opal--the means to clear his ever-rising debts.

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Some are genuinely funny, some are not, but "Uncut Gems" just edged-out P. T. Anderson's "Punch Drunk Love" as my favorite film from this seemingly unrecognized serious actor. The Academy's omission of any nomination (especially for Sandler) is inexcusable.

After the film's premiere in Cannes and the following critical success, the brothers found themselves getting calls from Hollywood executives with offers including a big-budget superhero movie, which they declined and instead secured financing for Uncut Gems.

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.

2019 Nominee Satellite Award. Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical; Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler, Mesfin Lamengo, Sun Zhi Hua-Hilton, and LaKeith Stanfield in Uncut Gems (2019)

Uncut Gems (2019) - Former Celtics coach Doc Rivers recorded a voice-over for the film. His halftime speech revolving around a "roaches" line was based on a real speech he gave his current team the LA Clippers during a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors.

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