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No Dunks

Film Session | Uncut Gems

No Dunks

iHeartPodcasts

Comedy, Sports, Basketball

4.94.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of Film Session, the guys discuss the 2019 Safdie brothers thriller "Uncut Gems." Was this even basketball movie? Did KG deliver one of the best acting performances by an athlete ever? And how much would you pay for a bedazzled Furby pendant necklace?

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is me. All right? I'm not a fucking athlete. This is my fucking way. This is how I will.

0:10.6

Let's f*** on this.

0:12.4

Woo! Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dongs podcast on the Athletic Network.

0:27.7

It's Monday, March 30th.

0:29.4

This is film session, and today we're breaking down the American Thriller.

0:33.4

Uncut gems.

0:34.4

I'm J.E. Skeets and alongside me, the power of technology.

0:37.3

Tasmellis. Tasmellis, the American Thriller is here. We got the bearded one. Trey Kirby on the horn. Heyo! Ayo! The international man of mystery taking it to the Max Lielis. Friends. And last but not least, the man making the magic happen. It's J.D. There he is, and here we are, before we take a long, hard look at that opal. You guys got to email us, your NBA questions, and comments to no dunks at theathletic.com. We'll be beach-stepping later this week, so keep those cues and comments coming in. Follow us on social media, both Twitter and Instagram at No Dunk Sync. We had a lot of fun

1:13.4

last week or I guess it was over the weekend doing a bit of a Q&A with you guys out there. I think

1:18.5

we got to do that again and there's some talk about trying to figure out the cards, self-isolation

1:23.7

cards, right, Lili? That's right, yeah. I think it's going to work. Yeah, I just have to set it up there and get a pack going, and hopefully we can have some fun later in the week. Okay, so keep your eye on that and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. And you know, we're on Facebook at Facebook.com slash no dunks, Inc. Well, I guess it's official. We're now on Facebook. Okay, guys, so Uncut Gems, released in 2019, the directors, the Safty Brothers, starring

1:51.7

Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, and of course, the reason really why we're

1:56.2

tackling this, Kevin Garnett, the IMDB synopsis, with his debts mounting and angry collectors closing

2:04.5

in a fast-talking New York City jeweler, risks everything in hopes of staying afloat and alive.

2:11.6

Running time about two hours and 15 minutes, a pretty long movie rated R. And this was crazy.

2:16.7

Rotten Tomatoes, the critics score 92%.

2:19.8

The audience score 52%.

2:23.1

It's quite the difference there

2:25.0

between what the critics thought of Uncut Gems

2:27.3

and what the audience sort of thought.

2:29.1

But let's hear what you guys think.

2:30.5

So my first question, I'm going to throw this at you first, Trey.

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