By drax on Skatehive
Adam Sandler can boast an extremely prolific filmography, but quantity has been far more pronounced than quality in it. Although some of Sandler's comedies bore an unmistakable authorial stamp, and some of them were even funny, it was far more common for Sandler's oeuvre to cause head-scratching even among those critics who are willing to turn a blind eye to commercial Hollywood. All the more unusual, then, that Sandler emerged as a fairly serious contender in the race for Oscars and other prestigious awards at the end of 2019. Of course, it was hard to expect that he would remain in the waters of comedy, so for such an achievement Sandler had to do something significantly different. For example, to play the protagonist of a deadly serious drama directed by independent, "artsy"-oriented auteurs that critics love. And that is precisely the kind of film Uncut Gems is, which was directed by the brothers Josh and Benny Safdie. In the film, Sandler plays the character of Howard Ratner, a mi