Uncut Gems

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Paul and Amy take a deep breath and revisit Uncut Gems, examining Adam Sandler’s career-best performance as a man who just can’t stop pushing his luck. They unpack the film’s jittery score, its fraught production and awards-season snub, and the lineage of anxious filmmaking that makes every bet feel like life or death. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 2019.
0:04.2	This is me, all right? I'm not a fucking athlete.
0:07.5	This is my fucking way. This is how I win.
0:10.7	The movie, Uncut Gems.
0:17.8	Hello, everyone, and welcome to
0:24.8	Unspool.
0:27.0	Yes, welcome to unspool.
0:30.3	This is a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, mustsees, and in case
0:35.3	you missed them.
0:36.1	We have covered the AFI top 100, and now we are checking off movies from three major lists.
0:41.5	The Letterbox top 250 films are the most fans.
0:44.4	The IMDB top 250 and the New York Times 1,000 essential films.
0:49.8	And we will also be chasing our own curiosity as well as the zeitgeist. That's right, because today
0:57.0	we are talking about uncut gems, a movie that is getting a lot of attention in the wake of Marty
1:02.8	Supreme, which is odd because a lot of the times when you talk about a new movie, you look at
1:09.7	another movie that's not made by the same director.
1:12.9	But this is like, oh, this movie feels like uncut gems meets Catch Me, Catch Me, If You Can.
1:18.4	I've heard that a lot.
1:20.6	I'd be open to do and catch me if you can if you want as well.
1:23.0	We should do that someday.
1:23.8	You know, it was funny because when I heard that comparison, I was like, oh, I remember loving that movie and I've not watched it again. And I feel like that kind of is in the era of DiCaprio transitioning from like. Heart throb to grown up.
1:39.2	Yes. Like I find it to be like, though last year he was willing to half play a heart job. Yes, and it was, and the movie is
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