Uncut Gems
Uncut Gems is a 2019 American crime thriller film about Howard Ratner, a Jewish-American jeweler and gambling addict who must retrieve an expensive gem he purchased in order to pay off his debt.
- Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie,. Written by Josh and Benny Safdie, and Ronald Bronstein.
This is how I win.
Howard Ratner
[edit]- This is me! This is how I win.
- I know. I know. Jews and colon cancer. What is that? I thought we were the chosen people.
- I made a crazy risk. You gamble and it's about to pay off.
- [weeping] Everything I do is not goin' right! Everything I do is not goin' right! I don't know what to do, I really don't.
Kevin Garnett
[edit]- [holding the black opal] This fuckin' thing makes me feel like I can fly.
Other
[edit]- Arno: Howard, you did this to yourself.
- Dinah Ratner: I think you are the most annoying person I have ever met. I hate being with you, I hate looking at you... And if I had my way I would never - see you - again.
Dialogue
[edit]- Julia: It's this guy The Weeknd.
- Howard: What the fuck is The Weeknd?
- Julia: He's gonna be major, even though he's from Canada.
- Howard: This guy looks stupid.
- Kevin Garnett: Why's it got so many colours in it man what is this?
- Howard: That's the thing they say you can see the whole universe in opal that's how fucking old they are.
- Kevin Garnett: Holy shit.
- Howard: I've been telling ya that's why I wanted you to see it.
- Kevin Garnett: I gotta have this.
- Demany: Yo that's crazy man.
- Howard: From stone to stone Garnett's a stone you know that. That's a million dollar opal you're holding straight from the Ethiopian Jewish tribe. I mean this old school Middle Earth shit.
- Demany: You got a motherfucking dinosaur gem.
- Howard: Dinosaur's that right the motherfucking dinosaur's staring at this shit.
- Demany: And what the fuck is it wit' you Jewish niggas and basketball anyway?
- Howard: I'll have you know the first two points scored in the NBA was a Jew.
- Demany: Yeah, yeah, who what, Fred Flintstein?
- Howard: No. Ossie Schectman, 1946, played for the Knicks.
- Kevin Garnett: What did you pay for this? Real shit, what did you pay for this right here?
- Howard: That's not a fair question, Kevin! All right? We're talkin' months and months of fuckin' - my time!
- Kevin Garnett: Straight up, me and you, mano a mano. How much you pay for this?
- Howard: I paid a hundred grand, OK?
- Kevin Garnett: So - you doubled your money.
- Howard: I'M the joke here, all right? I got fucked! A million dollars is what I was supposed to get! I get a fuckin' what? Made sixty-five G's?
- Howard: I need you to listen to me carefully. I booked you on a Blade, okay? You're gonna land on top of the Mohegan Sun. There's a bet in that bag. I want you to take all of it. All of it inside the bag, and place it on that bet.
- Julia: How much is in the bag?
- Howard: There's a lot. I don't want you to think about that. All right? I don't even want you to look at it until you get there and you take it out and you give it to the teller. You understand me?
- Julia: Okay. I got it. I got it.
- Howard: I'm gonna fuck the living shit out of you tonight. You know that?
- Julia: I wish I could kiss you.
- Howard: All right you gotta go.
- Julia: All right. Love you. Bye.
Cast
[edit]- Adam Sandler — Howard Ratner, a jeweler and gambling addict
- LaKeith Stanfield — Demany, an intermediary who recruits clients for Howard
- Julia Fox — Julia De Fiore, Howard's employee and mistress
- Kevin Garnett — a fictionalized version of himself during his years with the Boston Celtics
- Idina Menzel — Dinah Ratner, Howard's wife
- Eric Bogosian — Arno Moradian, a loan shark married to Dinah's sister
- Judd Hirsch — Gooey, Howard's father-in-law
- Keith William Richards — Phil, Arno's quick-tempered lead goon
- Mike Francesa — Gary, Howard's bookie
- Jonathan Aranbayev — Eddie Ratner, Howard's elder son
- Noa Fisher — Marcel Ratner, Howard's daughter
- The Weeknd — himself
- Tommy Kominik — Nico, one of Arno's goons
- Maksud Agadjani — Yussi, Howard's employee
- Andrea Linsky — Joani, Howard's employee
- Roman Persits — Roman, the bench jeweler at Howard's shop
- Arthur Borukhov — Elan, Howard's employee
- Ronald Greenberg — Rodney Bronstein, a pawnbroker
- Marshall Greenberg — Steve Bronstein, a pawnbroker
- Jacob Igielski — Beni Ratner, Howard's younger son
- Hailey Gates — the receptionist at the Adley's auction house
- Mitchell Wenig — Larry, one of Howard's creditors
- Keren Shemel — Eiline Goldfarb, the mother of one of Marcel's classmates
- Aren Topian — Eric Goldfarb, the father of one of Marcel's classmates
- Louis Anthony Arias — Buddy, one of Arno's goons
- Anthony Mecca — Michael, one of Arno's goons
- Jake Ryan — "Dwarf 2"
- Greg "Mr. Flawless" Yuna — a fictionalized version of himself, a jeweler to celebrities
- Benjy Kleiner — Aaron, Dinah's brother
- Josh Ostrovsky — Noah, Dinah's cousin
- Alexander Gilkes — the Adley's auctioneer
- Wayne Diamond — the High Roller (a fictionalized version of himself), a fashion designer and gambler
External links
[edit]
- Uncut Gems quotes at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- 2019 films
- 2019 American films
- 2010s English-language films
- American basketball films
- American crime drama films
- American crime thriller films
- American films about gambling
- American gangster films
- American independent films
- Films about Jews and Judaism
- Films about sports betting
- Films set in the 2010s
- Films set in Connecticut
- Films set in Ethiopia
- Films set in Manhattan
- Films set in Philadelphia
- Netflix original films