Uncut Gems (2019)

Uncut Gems rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 352K votes

Rotten Tomatoes91%

Metacritic93%

TMDb7.2/10· 5K votes

With 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 93/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Uncut Gems

A 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 of Uncut Gems

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  Adam Sandler

  as Howard Ratner

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  LaKeith Stanfield

  as Demany

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  Julia Fox

  as Julia De Flore

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  Kevin Garnett

  as Kevin Garnett

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  Idina Menzel

  as Dinah Ratner

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  Eric Bogosian

  as Arno Moradian

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  Judd Hirsch

  as Gooey

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  Keith William Richards

  as Phil

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  Mike Francesa

  as Gary

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  Jonathan Aranbayev

  as Eddie Ratner

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  Noa Fisher

  as Marcel Ratner

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  Abel Tesfaye

  as The Weeknd

Uncut Gems facts

Budget

$19M

Box office

$50M

Our take on Uncut Gems

Benny Safdie's crime thriller straps you to a live wire and refuses to let go. It follows Howard, a charismatic New York jeweler and compulsive gambler forever chasing the next enormous score, juggling business, family, and closing-in adversaries as he stakes everything on one reckless bet after another. The style is deliberately abrasive: overlapping shouting, jittery momentum, and a mounting dread that turns every scene into a gamble of its own. This suits viewers who welcome discomfort and anti-hero character studies rather than tidy resolution. If you can stomach relentless tension and a protagonist who keeps digging his own hole, the payoff is a uniquely nerve-shredding portrait of addiction to risk.