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Diamonds (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 8  Rotten:24 Average Rating: 4/10
 
Consensus: Kirk Douglas' flinty performance fails to overshadow an otherwise dull and cliche-ridden affair.
 

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: Douglas plays Harry, a one-time prize fighter who embarks on a life-changing road trip with his son Lance (Dan Aykroyd) and teenage grandson (Corbin Allred). Feisty at 80 despite a recent stroke, Harry is faced with the prospect of being sent to a retirement home by his family. Instead of...

Douglas plays Harry, a one-time prize fighter who embarks on a life-changing road trip with his son Lance (Dan Aykroyd) and teenage grandson (Corbin Allred). Feisty at 80 despite a recent stroke, Harry is faced with the prospect of being sent to a retirement home by his family.

Instead of giving in to a sheltered life, Harry convinces Michael and Lance to join him in search of thirteen long lost diamonds.

Harry leads the younger men on a touching and comic adventure across Nevada, where the trio encounters all sorts of trouble. Along the way, they meet up with pit bosses, gangsters, an intriguing madam named Sin-Dee, portrayed by Lauren Bacall, and the women in her brothel, including the irrepressible Jenny McCarthy.

In the end, Harry and his family discover that nothing is more important than the time they shared together. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Corbin Allred, Jenny McCarthy

Director: John Asher
Screenwriter: Allan Aaron Katz
Producer: Patricia Green
Composer: Joel Goldsmith

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 7, 2001

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06/17/08
Lisa Nesselson
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2/5

A sub-par effort in family drama with Kirk Douglas barely registering above his usual excellence

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08/09/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Film Threat
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Houston Chronicle
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Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Douglas struggles honorably with his stoke-impaired speech and a shoddy story.

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06/07/03
Dan Lybarger
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06/18/02
Jay Carr
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Mike Kerrigan
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Inappropriate for audiences of all ages.

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05/19/02
Joe McGovern
Village Voice
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William Arnold
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03/22/02
Globe and Mail
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I have to admit I shed some sentimental tears during the movie, so it's not really very bad at all, but it could have used a script polish.

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Karina Montgomery
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Athan Bezaitis
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Even in his prime, Douglas couldn't have saved himself from this cliche-ridden script.

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Bill Pearis
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[Not] a work of art, or even entertainment, but the filmic commensurate of a crippled panhandler using his handicap to beg for sympathy and change on a streetcorner.

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Chuck Rudolph
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Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper
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It’s a male-bonding road movie that veers off a weary course filled with dreary clichés on the way to a possible treasure in diamonds. The trip is barely worth it.

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Elias Savada
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Diamonds can be proud of its achievement as the ultimate primer on elderly embarrassments and the best ways to exploit them.

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Elizabeth Weitzman
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