Watching Uncut Gems is like having your face aggressively rubbed into a filthy nylon carpet while Aqua’s Barbie Girl is played painfully loudly on repeat. The protagonist is an irredeemable scumbag with absolutely no likeable qualities. He loves two things only: money, and the adrenaline buzz of taking moronically huge risks to make more money. A lot of the supporting characters are deeply unpleasant too.
And yet, it’s brilliant.
The Richard Curtis of the Profane
Bond, Sex Education and 21st Century Horror
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Why do we remember our war dead?
Do we memorialise war or people?
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