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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 multimillion-dollar shipment of rare, uncut Ethiopian opals, he thought his bad luck would come to an end. The stones were meant to be auctioned, but when Boston Celtics superstar Kevin Garnett walked into the gem store hoping to rent the stones because they could bring him luck in the NBA Finals , the situation became more complicated.

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Uncut Gems quotes

  • High Roller: [rapidly] Last year I made 125 million dollars. I don't even know what to do with my money anymore. I have nobody to spend it with, nobody to enjoy my life with anymore. It's horrible! Today is the big day for me. I met you, you're hot! You wanna have a drink when we get there?

  • Gooey: This is A uh - KG, anh?

    Howard Ratner: Aw. Three for eleven? What the fuck?

    Gooey: Yeah, he looks tortured.

    Howard Ratner: That fuckin' guy tried to steal an opal from me.

    Gooey: Your opal? Your opal came?

    Howard Ratner: My opal came, yeah.

    Gooey: Yeah?

    Howard Ratner: Yeah, and stupidly I lend it to this motherfucker.

    Noah: No!

    Gooey: Whaddya mean? He took it, he stole it?

    Howard Ratner: He didn't steal it, he got carried away. He thinks it has magic powers.

    Noah: Magic powers?

    [Gooey laughs heartily]

    Howard Ratner: Yeah.

    Gooey: No.

    Howard Ratner: Well look. Look at him tonight, without it. He didn't have it tonight, look how fuckin' bad he played. He s- - He wants to own it. So, I tell him come to the auction, fuckin' make a bid for it, like everyone else.

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