I think the difference for me is that Adam Sandler is in genuine peril in Uncut Gems, and Marty is just trying to play table tennis. It’s so ridiculous. He’s robbing his employer? To play table tennis? He’s trying to scam a faded movie star? To play table tennis? He’s caught in the middle of a shoot out caused by a fake dog ransom? To play table tennis?
It’s absurd and I had a great time with it.
*achieve greatness and individual fame & fortune in post-war America
Finally got round to seeing this. Really fucking enjoyed it, not uncut gems good but then few films have been in the last 10 years.
Chalamet keeps getting better and better and the wee man is for me on a generational roll
Thought Paltrow was great, as was ferrara. Couple of great cameos.
Thought the dude that played paltrows husband was brilliant as well.
Loved this, so unexpected 
This is interesting
Very unpleasant noises in this film and they were also very loud. Couldn’t care less about most of it, you could completely remove Gwyn’s character and lose almost nothing from the film, likewise Tyler the creator or even the guy who Marty abandoned his injured dog?? wtf, Marty! Just didn’t feel cohesive or like anything was reliant on anything else.
Timmy Chals did a really good job though, happy for him to get some prizes for this.
ha ha yeah forgot about that. very much a “wait what?” because it was played like he could actually be a 400 year old vampire (or whatever he said).
haha yeah in my head when he said i was think thinking ‘hold the fucking phone, is he actually a vampire?!’ 
Apparently the guy playing the businessman came up with the vampire line himself. It’s great, especially as I think you go into that scene fully expecting the usual bog standard ‘if you win this game you’ll never work in this town again’ type stuff.
That guy being the main one off of the US version of Dragon’s Den who has never acted before as well. Astonishing stuff.
They should have got Duncan Bannatyne to do it
the vampire bit reminded me of this, especially as Kevin O’Leary is Canadian
which i only found out last week is a reference to this rather uncomfortable video
so i’m thinking there must be some sort of through line here
Was thinking imagine if Alan Sugar was a fascist prime minister and Duncan Bannatyne had a major role in the latest Ben Wheatley* film
*who’s the British Safdie brothers?
Philip Barantini
both me and the gf when we left the cinema commented on how good he was and we both felt we recognised him from another tv show/film. both very surprised to find out this was his first acting gig.
i just thought he was one of these guys who’s always playing roosevelt and people like that.
just looked and he’s off Shark Tank (US version of Dragons Den)
EDIT : oh… hence Duncan Bannatyne reference above. Things you were slow to…
The lad who makes the ping pong balls was found by Josh Safdie because he was in a viral video of him ranting about the Knicks.
were tim and paltrow the only professional actors in this?
Odessa A’zion walked in off the street and asked nicely.
they genuinely just kidnapped abel ferrera’s dog IRL and filmed whatever he did