Director: Josh Safdie Producer: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Sebastian Bear-McClard Studio: A24 Films Starring: Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch, Mike Francesa, Jonathan Aranbayev, Noa Fisher, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Jacob Igielski, Robbie DeRaffele, Tommy Kominik Genre: Thriller Running Time: 137 minutes
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:19:15 PM | (Age Not Specified)
One of the worst movie experiences of my life. Felt like walking out, but stayed with the hope that this film would have some redeeming quality. Never happened. Much gratuitous swear words and some disgusting scenes. Some scenes were inexplicable, which made the plot a little hard to follow.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 11:36:10 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Throughout the entire movie is the nagging question of how does a jeweler with this thug clientele not have a weapon? He gets bullied, beaten, hung out a window, stuffed in a trunk, punched in public in front of witnesses, thrown into a fountain. He has no backup. It's just one continuous shouting match. The uncut opal becomes secondary to the interiors of the world of gems. We see there is no value but the sentiment we attach to jewels.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 10:34:26 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Well done. Inside look at the frantic unsafe pace of betting and the pursuit of wealth. Opals are considered bad luck, they're fragile stones. This story takes us from the opal mines in africa mined by Ethiopian Jews to it journey into New Yorks maze of jewelers, auctions, buyers, betters.
