Friendo: “I don’t know what Joe Popcorn will make of Marty Supreme (A24, 12.25) but I can tell you this: the critics can’t be trusted. Generally I mean but especially regarding this Josh Safdie puppy.
“I tried to watch it last night, but I bailed after the bathtub fell through the roof and seriously harmed the old man and his dog. Two friends who were watching it with me bailed after this scene. It’s not bad, it’s just…I don’t know…frenetic, monotonous, obnoxious…kinda like Uncut Gems.”
By the way: It can at least be said that Albert Brooks‘ performance as a retiring governor (aka “Governor Bill”) in James L. Brooks‘ Ella McCay is…uhm, not too bad. A guy who’s seen it says “yeah, he’s not embarrassing. But most of the film is cringe.” The 20th Century release opens on 12.12.
Posted on 9.10.19: “Uncut Gems is a full-barrelled, deep dive into the realm of a manic, crazy-fuck gambler (Adam Sandler), and yes, it ‘feels like being locked inside the pinwheeling brain of a lunatic for more than two hours,’ as Peter Debruge wrote.
“And guess what? It’ll make your head explode and drive you fucking nuts. By the time it’s over you’ll be drooling and jabbering and gasping for air.
“And yet Uncut Gems has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In other words not one person so far feels as I do. And I’m telling you the truth, mon freres. Which is why you can’t trust “critics”, per se. Because they’re all living in their own little fickle cubbyholes while Hollywood Elsewhere is standing tall and firm with its feet planted on the sidewalk and looking dead smack at cosmic reality each and every minute of every day…no let-up.