Samantha Mishinski

Kennedy 2022-04-19 09:01:41

The Safdie brothers' style signatures can be seen in "Uncut Diamonds" and "Good Times": psychedelic New York streets, failed loners, buzzing electronica, a "big money" hookup of events. "Rough Diamond" is more reminiscent of a Chinese saying: tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall....

Alanna 2022-01-27 08:06:00

The film follows Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a New York diamond shop owner who is addicted to gambling, has a shaky marriage and an unfaithful girlfriend. Howard Ratner owes the gambler (Eric Bergson) money, and the thugs keep threatening to make him pay it back. When he bought a...

Leonel 2022-04-21 09:01:43

As colorful and crystal clear as it is, the universe sleeping in rough diamonds will never wake up, and no amount of staring will help. Even if he was so hoarse and burst into tears, the soul escaping from the questioning would never answer, no matter how many opportunities there were, it would be in vain. Faith that was once unattainable is now unable to admonish tired souls. The unstoppable warriors in the past can no longer ignore the panic in their hearts. After all, rough diamonds are just another cover for a midlife crisis. The Safdie brothers finally found the rhythm, no longer as fragmented as "Good Times", and the narrative logic also has: the mid-life crisis story of big stars and small bosses. One longs for a life reversal, the other longs for a comeback, and the rough diamond just happens to be the spiritual medium of the two frustrated old boys. Howard deceived himself and thought he was in control, but it turned out that the rough stone was only in his hands for a few minutes. He had nothing and knew nothing, which was pitiful and pathetic. Adam Sandler is so decent this time, cunning, greedy, helpless, crazy, and his performance is comprehensive, not simple. The soundtrack is nondescript, everything else is good.

Dewitt 2022-03-22 09:01:33

"Rough Diamond" is full of original, wild, and introspective documentary style, a world of desire with dirty words in every sentence, manic dialogues, and agitated and restless camera language, all of which make people feel nervous all the time, which must not be acceptable to everyone. film style. This is like the world of the protagonist, which will make most people feel intimidated. From the perspective of the protagonist's crazy gambler, the film opens up a wild "animal world". The rough diamond is like opening people's desire for evil, making the protagonist lose his mind. In his gambling adventure, he fell repeatedly. Although the protagonist did not get colon cancer, he got gambling cancer and eventually lost his life sooner or later.