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Uncut Gems
Sign in to save2019 film directed by Joshua Safdie and Ben Safdie
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7.2A 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.
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner
- LaKeith Stanfield as Demany
- Julia Fox as Julia De Flore
- Kevin Garnett as Kevin Garnett
- Idina Menzel as Dinah Ratner
- Eric Bogosian as Arno Moradian
Themes
- bet
- infidelity
- new york city
- gambling
- auction
- ethiopia
- dark comedy
- basketball
- money
- art house
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
351,556 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
93/100
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 27 wins & 91 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
- Written by
- Ronald Bronstein Josh Safdie Benny Safdie
- Produced by
- Scott Rudin Eli Bush Sebastian Bear-McClard
- Starring
- Adam Sandler LaKeith Stanfield Julia Fox Kevin Garnett Idina Menzel Eric Bogosian
- Cinematography
- Darius Khondji
- Edited by
- Ronald Bronstein Benny Safdie
- Music by
- Daniel Lopatin
- Production companies
- A24 Elara Pictures Sikelia Productions Scott Rudin Productions IAC Films
- Distributed by
- A24 (United States) Netflix (International)
- Release dates
- August 30, 2019 ( 2019-08-30 ) ( Telluride ) December 13, 2019 ( 2019-12-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 135 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $19 million
- Box office
- $50 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Josh Safdie
- Screenwriter
- Josh Safdie
- Cast member
- Tilda Swinton
- Composer
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Production company
- A24
- Cinematographer
- Darius Khondji
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 360338
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
- Official website
- a24films.com/films/uncut-gems
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- publication date
- 2019-12-25
- title
- Uncut Gems
- film editor
- Ronald Bronstein
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Uncut Gems
- social media followers
- 10129
- review score
- 7.4/10
- characters
- Trinidad James
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- box office
- 50000000
- capital cost
- 19000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Uncut Gems is a 2019 American crime thriller film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, who wrote it with Ronald Bronstein. It stars Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, and Eric Bogosian. Sandler plays Howard Ratner, a jeweler and gambling addict who must retrieve an opal to pay off his debt. Filming took place from September to November 2018. Daniel Lopatin composed the score.
Uncut Gems premiered at the 46th Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019. A24 gave it a limited release in the United States on December 13 and a wide release on December 25. It was a box-office success and received acclaim, especially for Sandler's against-type performance, which several reviewers called the best of his career. Uncut Gems was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2019, and it has been included in lists of the greatest films of the 21st century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uncut Gems” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.