“Uncut Gems” (** out of four) was a superficial melodrama about a desperate NYC jeweler (Adam Sandler) who is also a gambling addict who turns out to be his own worst enemy as he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could either be a windfall or could turn out to be quicksand for him and his family. Sandler is adequate and nothing more in what many have called a career-altering performance and we don’t know hardly anything about him except he’s addicted to making money. It’s also hard to care about anything in the film since his central character is so unlikeable. Good NYC atmosphere highlighted by Darius Khondji’s gritty cinematography can’t enrich this unappealing story.