A few reviews

[Moe_Syzlak]

^It's interesting to hear this perspective, because I was never on Connie's side.  He seemed to me like the kind of short-sighted douchebag that would give an alcoholic a beer while he was trying to dry out, because "he's suffering".  He's all Id and no Ego, bound for destruction.  Still made a compelling character to watch, but I was never rooting for him.  I was rooting for Bennie to get away from him.

Absolutely, that's what the film is all about. I was talking about that initial moment when he pulls his brother out of a situation that's clearly distressing him (but I didn't describe it very well). It's like a dramatic "hero" rescue but you learn he's more the antagonist of the piece, or at least his own worst enemy and toxic for his brother but he's realised that by that end. So I liked him again by the finale because he was able to let his brother go. Everything he does is because he genuinely thinks it's for the best, at the time, there is no selfishness in the character IMO. He's got a ton of other character flaws of course. I do love that Iggy Pop song: "The pure always act from love, the damned always act from love".

Exactly. He is the flawed character trying to do the right thing. It’s tragic for that reason. In Uncut Gems it’s the the flawed character consistently making the wrong choices and he knows it. It’s just a trainwreck. Also I know it’s fashionable to hate on Pattinson but he’s so much better of an actor than Sandler. Sandler holds his own, but it’s not as great of a performance.