The comedian plays a desperate huckster in this engrossing diamond caper.
Adam Sandlerworks and works, making one movie a year when he isnt making three.
Quantity sure isnt quality, though the diamonds sparkle.
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TakeUncut Gems, a vibrantly madcap dark comedy.
He looks like a midlife crisis, and the overkill extends to his constant salesman chatter.
Howard owes money all over New York.
At least one debt could turn fatal.
His wife (Idina Menzel) wants him out.
His girlfriend (Julia Fox) just went into the bathroom withthe Weeknd.
To cover all the losses he cant afford, he keeps betting cash he doesnt have.
The first time we see Howard, hes mid-colonoscopy.
Thats as comfortable as hell ever get.
Its overstuffed with ace cast members like Menzel andLakeith Stanfield, who dont have enough to do.
Howard is a Sandlerian throw in: raging, crying, punching a celebrity.
But Sandler is revelatory in the role.
Sandlers never been better, really, balancing speedwalking desperation and fast-talking salesmanship with sorrow and glee.
Whats the word for a performance thats loud and meaningful, hyperbolic yet terribly human?
Thats Sandler inUncut Gems: Hesopera, man.A-
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