For the second installment of dinner and a movie with a24, we created a Passover seder menu to accompany the 2019 film, Uncut Gems, starring AdamSandler. You'll find classic dishes like haroset, matzo ball soup, and this brisket.
New York City jeweler and gambling addict Howard Ratner leads a Murphy’s Law life in the 2019 dark comedy. In Howard, writer/director brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, along with writer Ronald Bronstein, create a human jackhammer with a hair-trigger temper in a full-blown midlife crisis. The movie portrays Howard's life as a perpetual juggling act between family and work. A crisis hits just before Passover, when a payoff arrives that might wipe his slate clean.
Even food, usually a source of comfort, highlights the angst and estrangement in the Ratner family. At the candlelit table for their seder meal, Howard’s extended family calls a truce and solemnly re-enacts the rituals connected to Passover. Ironically, it’s Howard who recites the list of Biblical plagues. What we don’t see is the warmth that usually comes from sharing a meal with family. We get only a tempting glimpse of a huge platter of brisket, the traditional centerpiece of the meal.
At one point, he stops his frenetic pace and tries to get his family back. In his starkly lit, almost sterile kitchen, no one cooks. The counter is a physical barrier, with Howard on one side, his wife and daughter on the other. The aroma of barbecued chicken comes from the microwave, where his wife heats leftovers, her back to him. When Howard, desperate, tries to connect with his daughter, she picks at leftover cake frosting and barely looks at him.
Impossibly, we root for Howard to hit the gambler’s Holy Grail, the longshot with the big payoff. Will Howard come out ahead? Will he win his family back? Will they ever sit down for a meal together again? In a film that splices scenes faster than a chef dices an onion, the Safdie brothers keep us hungry for more.
Below, we've curated a seder menu that leans on tradition, and features comforting matzo ball soup, brisket, and chewy coconut macaroons.
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