The ranking was created by three critics from the Omelete group (from our sister site Omelet, Caio Coletti It is Marcelo Hesseland the house, William Jacobs) based on a mix of your personal rankings and joint decisions. To defend the choice, the trio wrote a little about what makes the Safdies’ film so special. Check it out below:
I once joked that Uncut Gems was the film that best represented the experience of living and working in the 21st Century. Was that really a joke? Encapsulating the anxiety of feeling like you are fighting against a system that always wins, the Safdie brothers identify in the figure of Adam Sandler, as Paul Thomas Anderson did 20 years ago in Drunk with Love, the ideal vehicle to release angry explosiveness from those who perceive themselves in these situations. circumstances. The walls closing in, the chances diminishing, time running out. We go from the ecstasy of possibility to the frenzy of despair and eventually rest in an inevitable respite.
Caio Coletti:
Nothing less A24 than a film called Uncut Gems. After all, the producer built its brand by bringing perfectly cut diamonds to theaters to appeal to contemporary moviegoers. But that’s exactly what the Safdie brothers’ work shows itself to be: a story whose raw intelligence lies in the clarity of vision about the humiliations that the American failure is capable of going through to… well, no longer be an American failure. Cruel, electric and unforgettable, it leaves exposed the edges that A24 is used to smoothing over – and it’s all the better for it.
Marcelo Hessel:
The grand narrative of the American dream – second chances included – encapsulated in a snow globe made of eccentricities. Instead of denying the universality of this theme, the film confirms it through frenzy and suspense; in other words, it’s a very rare “elevated” thriller from A24 that elevates the genre without denying its cathartic nature.
Welcome to A24Week ! From April 22nd to 25th, sister sites Omelet It is Chippu are strolling through the history of the hottest studio of the moment. In addition to remembering the main films, highlighting hidden gems and analyzing A24’s success, we will also launch a ranking of the studio’s 24 best films. You can follow everything on Omelete by clicking here, and on Chippu by clicking here.
