Uncut Gems (2019) ****1/2 [CC UHD Double Feature Pt. 2]

Uncut Gems (2019) is a relentlessly tense gem of a film with rapid editing and an unconventional score. It features a career best performance by Adam Sandler in a dramatic yet hilarious role to rival his parts in Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) (my review here). 

Sandler, here channeling an Al Pacino-like energy, plays Howard Ratner, a Jewish NYC jeweler. Howard is one sad sack character, continuously making incredibly poor life decisions, yet you can't help but root for the guy because of his charisma. The whole film barely gives you room to breathe, and yet it keeps you glued to the screen.

This was my third time watching Uncut Gems, this time in the best home video quality possible, via The Criterion Collection's 4K UHD. It really is an all-timer. I hope that the next Safdie brothers film is as electric as this one, their most commercially successful but also their best so far.