Unquestionably Sandler is better than he has been since Punch Drunk Love conveying humor and pathos along with his innate likability which brings this complicated morally precarious character into a compelling emphatic(if not necessarily sympathetic) focus. The cast is absolutely stacked with incredible talent from well known New Yorkers like Eric Bogosian and Idina Menzel, a surprisingly assured Kevin Garnet, Lakeith Stanfield, and a host of normal-looking intriguing characters that look like actual NYC residents. Not only are the performances across the board great but they look and feel authentic, conveying a New York City that actually exists and has some depth and character rather than the sanitized, wealthy, blandly attractive version we so often get in film(Marriage Story).
The film has the Safdie brothers signature neon and gloom color pallet and thrumming, hypnotic electronic score. The technical elements elevate and complement the journey and mindset of the lead evoking this frenetic, frantic, hubristic feeling the Sandler character kind of surfs throughout.
A gritty, honest, at times funny look at a flawed man trying to succeed.
See It.
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