So this movie... is actually amazing. I know Adam Sandler was upset that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar and honestly... I think he deserved one. I don't know if he was as good as Joaquin Phoenix in Joker... but I think he deserves to be on the same level as him. This was just a really good movie... I have to say the ending wasn't necessarily my favorite... but I feel like that's how it had to end.
And this compared to Joker is kind of a fair comparison I feel. Both movies are more character studies than Plot Driven. This movie kind of has a lot of details going on and it's shown with very long takes- somewhat like Birdman so it feels like this could be a play too. The directors- Benny and Josh Safdie did an amazing job telling this story. It's about a jeweler who is in a lot of debt and a Basketball player from the Celtics comes into the store and looks to purchase an uncut opal that is very valuable... and pretty much everything Howard does leads to him getting into more debt and it leads to his downfall at the end.
So this movie felt very real- that was something my boyfriend and I kept saying when we watched it together. The Safdie brothers actually knew all of the worlds they were dealing with really well. Their father was a salesman for a jeweler named Howard and that was the inspiration for the story I guess. They're also big basketball fans- so that was something they knew about and were passionate about so that was really cool too.
Overall... I'm not sure exactly what to say about this movie but it was suspenseful... it wasn't all that funny but there were moments where I think I laughed... and it was cast perfectly. I would definitely recommend checking it out- it's available on Netflix and I think it was on sale when I went to Target also... so overall just a really great movie!
Hope you guys like this review! Next week I want to do a music Monday on the new Lady Gaga album!
Bye!
-Shannon
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