I liked this overall. Better than Good Time. Some serious flaws. By 20-30 minutes before the end I had just completely given up on Howard as a character so I kind of stopped caring what happened. It just stopped being fun or interesting watching a very stupid and simple man remain lost in his delusions. Also a flaw in Adam Sandler's performance I think, he ran out of tricks.
I didn't mind the "jewish stereotypes," tbh, the world and the people felt real and human enough to me. I mean, those kinds of lowlifes exist in this world, and some of them are Jewish.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
I think it helped to watch this on fairly low volume on my laptop -- I couldn't have handled it in a theater.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
OTOH I guess it works in that way as a portrait of a compulsive gambler. Because you know it doesn’t even matter if someone like that wins their million dolllar bet, they’ll find some way to squander it and get into trouble again.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 26 July 2020 06:07 (three years ago) link
yeah I thought the way it portrayed his addiction was pretty effective
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 July 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
I liked this overall. Better than Good Time. Some serious flaws. By 20-30 minutes before the end I had just completely given up on Howard as a character so I kind of stopped caring what happened. It just stopped being fun or interesting watching a very stupid and simple man remain lost in his delusions.
Lol, you and me are opposites. When I stopped caring about the character is when I started enjoying the movie.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Monday, 27 July 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
A lot of really compelling performances though, including Sandler even though I thought he ran out of steam before the end. Lakeith Stanfield seems like the most underrated/unsung standout in the film, Idina Menzel almost too real as the fed up wife
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 July 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
KG was great as a just very slightly alternate universe version of himself
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 July 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
I didn't even realize that was Judd Hirsch until I just googled btw, another great one
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 July 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
I thought KG was passable for most of the film but that scene just before howard places the big bet where they really gave him a shot to spread his wings was kind of a miss for me
julia fox was the revelation of the movie. the safdies have brought out pretty killer performances by first time actresses a couple of times now
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 July 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
I watched GOOD TIME a couple of months ago and after re-watching this one last week I do think this is the superior film, but both are great. pattinson probably with the best performance in all their work tho
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 July 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
still can't believe the main goon was a first time actor
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:47 (three years ago) link
At a certain level of abstraction this was them making Good Time again but better.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
yup
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
Much better than Good Time because it's a more fully realized film. I rewatched it today, and definitely holds up.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:20 (three years ago) link
one of my best friends watched it and kept texting me during it, stuff like "he's already crazy and we're only 40% into the movie!"
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
The manic pace of the first act is really something, it actually kind of slows down slightly after that.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:22 (three years ago) link
The moment when he first shows the gem to KG really moved me this time.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:27 (three years ago) link
I could happily watch this a couple times a year for....a while
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link
yeah same
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
It def occurs to me that I want to watch this again, less so with Good Time
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
Kind of hard to say, given that I've never seen the 90s remake of Night in the City (but I am aware of its reputation), this movie feels like the proper way to update that film. I almost didn't watch this--haven't seen their previous film (but will now), and the Sandler-in-a-real-movie hook doesn't interest me--so I'm surprised and delighted at how much I enjoyed this.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 17 August 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
That first sentence is missing a conjunction somewhere, but hopefully you know what I mean.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 17 August 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
definitely see GOOD TIME
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 August 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
RIP
RIP MARSHALL GREENBERG you were loved. pic.twitter.com/I1uQ1YOxMY— Elara (@ElaraPictures) February 17, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:18 (three years ago) link
Aw :(
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
Greatest actor of all time
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
Taking vigs from beyond
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/benny-safdie-solo-the-curse-smashing-machine-1235859184/
― calstars, Friday, 5 January 2024 15:37 (three months ago) link
is this the thread for discussing THE CURSE!?
bc it's really good and i am on ep 4 after starting this afternoon (it's my day off, fuiud)
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:06 (three months ago) link
Nathan For You
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:09 (three months ago) link
oh ok! thanksrelated to Uncut Gems also -- I started listening to Julia Fox's autobiography (as audiobook, read by by the author) and it's also great. there's something about her story that reminds me of Penelope Tree.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:11 (three months ago) link
So much yelling. And in the one quiet moment, you telling me that she didn't hear the *ding!* on his cellphone when she texted him from 14 feet away?
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 03:10 (one month ago) link
yes, that's what they're telling you
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 03:14 (one month ago) link