Julia leaves the casino with Howard's winnings as Phil and Nico loot the store. Arno protests before attempting to escape, leading Phil to shoot him dead as well. Ecstatic, he frees the three thugs, but an enraged Phil shoots Howard in the face, killing him instantly. The Boston Celtics win the game, earning Howard $1.2 million. He watches the game on television, taunting the three by pointing out their court-side mob associates while they remain trapped. Furious, the three attempt to pursue her, but Howard locks them between the store's security doors. Arno tells Howard to call Julia and cancel it, but he refuses. The thugs find and threaten him, while she goes by helicopter to the Mohegan Sun casino to place the bet. Arno, Phil, and Nico arrive at KMH just before Garnett leaves, but before they enter Howard's office, Julia escapes. Although Howard could repay his debt to Arno, he asks Julia to put the cash on a three-way parlay on Garnett having a strong performance. Howard learns Garnett still wants to buy the opal, so he pays him at KMH with cash. A furious Gooey gives Howard the opal before Arno, Phil, and Nico assault him outside the auction house. He convinces his father-in-law Gooey to bid on the gem to drive up the price, but the plan backfires when Garnett fails to top Gooey's final bid. Just before the auction starts, Howard discovers the opal has in fact been appraised for significantly less than his initial estimate of $1 million. After an awkward Passover dinner, Dinah rejects Howard's plea to give their marriage another chance. Incensed, Demany quits, trashing Howard's office. After Garnett leaves in dismay, Howard berates Demany for allowing Garnett to hold onto the opal for so long. Garnett demands his ring back, but Howard lies that it's at his house. Garnett returns the opal before an auction, offering to purchase it for $175,000, but Howard refuses, as he believes it is worth much more. Feeling betrayed, Howard confronts Julia and demands that she move out of his apartment. Howard finds Julia snorting cocaine in a bathroom with the Weeknd and, believing they were having sex, gets into a fight with him. Howard meets Demany at a nightclub party hosted by R&B singer the Weeknd to retrieve the opal, but learns that Garnett still has it. Phil and Nico strip Howard naked and lock him in the trunk of his car, forcing him to call Dinah for help. His winning bet should have won him $600,000, but Arno placed a stop on the bet, as it was made with money Howard owed him. Howard is ambushed at his daughter's school play by Arno and his mafia handlers, Phil and Nico. The next day, Demany says that Garnett still has the opal, angering him. Howard reluctantly agrees, demanding Garnett's 2008 NBA Championship ring as collateral.Īfter Garnett leaves, Howard pawns the ring, placing a six-way parlay on him playing extraordinarily well in that night's game, which he does. Garnett becomes obsessed with it, insisting on holding onto it for good luck at his game that night. While he is there, the opal, which Howard had smuggled in, arrives. Howard's business associate Demany brings basketball star Kevin Garnett to KMH.

His domestic life is split between his wife Dinah, who has agreed to divorce after Passover, and his girlfriend Julia, a KMH employee. Howard struggles to pay off his gambling debts, which include $100,000 he owes to Arno, his loan shark brother-in-law. In 2012, gambling addict Howard Ratner runs KMH, a jewelry store in New York City's Diamond District. In 2010, Ethiopian Jewish miners retrieve a rare black opal from the Welo mine in Ethiopia. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2019. Uncut Gems received widespread critical acclaim, especially for Sandler's performance, which several reviewers described as the best of his career. A24 gave it a limited release in the United States on December 13, 2019, and a wide release on December 25. The film premiered at the 46th Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019. The original score was composed by Daniel Lopatin. Filming took place from September to November 2018.

The film tells the story of Howard Ratner (Sandler), a Jewish-American jeweler and gambling addict in New York City's Diamond District, who must retrieve an expensive gem he purchased in order to pay off his debts. It stars Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, and Eric Bogosian. Uncut Gems is a 2019 American crime thriller film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bronstein.

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