They’re doing it because they’re good movies and they’re excited to see them. Actors Idina Menzel and Adam Sandler, directors Benjamin Safdie and Joshua Safdie and actors Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett and Julia Fox, from the film “Uncut Gems,” photographed in the L.A. Times Photo Studio at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)‘Uncut Gems’In “Uncut Gems,” Adam Sandler plays Howard Ratner, a New York City diamond merchant with a gambling addiction who is trying to keep all his life’s problems at bay. In a review for The Times, Justin Chang called it an “invigorating, maddening movie,” while adding, “‘Uncut Gems’ is a thriller and a character study, a tragedy and a blast. There’s something to admire in the pedal-to-the-metal commitment of their project, and certainly ‘Uncut Gems’ is the product of an uncompromising vision.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 13, 2019 20:03 UTC