It’s stressful and intense in tone, but Sandler’s performance and the confident, stylish direction from the Safdie Brothers keep the film a compelling, if not necessarily easy, viewing experience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2024

Put on a pair of headphones and watch it alone in the dark. It’ll be the best, worst experience you’ll have all year.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 5, 2024

Regardless of how and why, Uncut Gems is a unique rollercoaster experience matched by nothing else in 2019.

| Apr 4, 2024

While we shake our heads over Ratner’s judgment, it’s hard not to relate to his ambition to bet everything on some malformed vision of the American dream.

| Jul 26, 2023

Uncut Gems is unlike any movie I’ve ever seen before, and more people definitely need to see it. It’s an ugly look at the horror of gambling addiction.

| Apr 25, 2023

Sandler's portrayal as Howard, the degenerate gambler and jewelry man, makes us garble anxiety with his high energy running around to pay off debts while playing footsie with Kevin Garnett over a stunningly large opal.

| Mar 1, 2023

Overstuffed on every level—Uncut Gems is definitely not boring, but it’s a lot, more than I can comfortably handle.

| Dec 2, 2022

Brash, bold and nerve-shredding... It is one of the most intense movie-watching experiences of the year.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 11, 2022

The Safdie brothers’ third act is ferocious, fervent, and one of the most jaw-dropping of the decade.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 22, 2022

If you’re into what the Safdies are doing you’ll probably love this. But for others it will be similar to colonoscopy we see at the very beginning – extremely unpleasant.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

Uncut Gems may feel like pure chaos shot into the viewer's brain, but it only seems that way from the countless number of reversals, switches, setbacks, and impulsive choices that befall its protagonist.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 22, 2022

Uncut Gems is an unforgettable film that plays out like a pulse-pounding Greek tragedy set in 2010s New York.

| Oct 22, 2021

I gotta admit, now I am in full Safdie Bros. team. It took me this long to see Uncut Gems but I am convinced that the Safdies will save American cinema.

| Jul 25, 2021

Hollywood's dorkiest megastar has never been better.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 9, 2021

It's only been 2 years since The Meyerowitz Stories, so maybe the intervals where Sandler is a little more willing to take risks are growing shorter.

| Apr 14, 2021

Adam Sandler is sensational in this intense, nail-biting, adrenaline-fuelled thriller.

| Original Score: 8.7/10 | Mar 13, 2021

The Safdie brothers are out to make viewers into balls of stress when watching Uncut Gems; I'll pass on another experience like this one.

| Feb 17, 2021

Sandler brings his natural likability to the role but layers it with Howard's neurosis, frustration, conniving and even joy. It's a remarkable performance powered by jet fuel

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 30, 2021

None of it's there because it ought to be, it's there because they want it to be.

| Jan 28, 2021

The characters are morally bankrupt, which makes it difficult to care about any of their various plights or overall wellbeing - or even their ultimate outcomes.

| Original Score: 1/10 | Dec 7, 2020