Overview
- The film is in wide theatrical release following its December 25 opening, with January reviews reinforcing a broadly positive critical consensus.
- Kevin O’Leary says Chalamet refused a double for a painful paddle stunt, describing multiple real strikes during a late-night shoot as directed by Josh Safdie.
- The movie reportedly grossed $17.4 million over its opening weekend, which GeekTyrant reports would rank as A24’s second-biggest debut.
- Critics link the film’s frenetic money-and-risk engine to Uncut Gems while noting explicit Jewish cultural texture and period detail.
- Set in 1952 New York, the drama follows a hustling table-tennis star eyeing a showdown in Japan, with notable turns from Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’Zion, and Fran Drescher; it runs about 2 hours 29 minutes and is rated R.