vkumar
I am shocked by all the good reviews on the cover of this movie and on IMDb. It belongs in the $2 bin at your local video store. To say that this is a B movie is extremely generous.Besides lacking a single redeemable character, only slightly better than average acting, and an ugly 80's style picture quality, the script for this film is dull and lifeless. This film is not only boring--it is pathetic. (Admittedly, there is occasionally some mildly interesting chemistry between the two main characters.) Even the final plot twist--rather, the only plot twist--does not save this film.Rent "Diamond Men" if you must, but do not hesitate to turn it off once you become appraised of its worthlessness. 2 out of 10.
movieman_kev
Great film about Eddie (a superb Robert Forster) having to train young upstart, Eddie (Donnie Wahlberg) in the diamond selling biz. Their chemistry is superb. The dialog just crackles & it pulls you right into this film. Of course one knows where the film's headed way in advance, but that doesn't distract from the brilliant acting in this character study. I highly recommend it & i rarely hand out suck accolades easily.Where I saw It: ShowtimeMy Grade: AEye Candy: Both Kristen Minter as Cherry and Sannah Laumeister as Amber drop their tops (and at what may be a first Nikki Fritz as Fran leaves hers covered, heh go figure)
rkraus-2
Went into this movie not expecting much but came out very satisfied. Lots of cliches but all characters very well portrayed. Moves along well without slowing down. If you liked Robert Forster in "Jackie Brown", you'll like this movie.
oldprof
"It's a doggie-dog world," as one of my students once said (who could have been talking about "Amores Perros," I suppose). That's the ultimate, &, as Mr. Creeden said, cynical point of this movie, that begins so wonderfully &, as he also said, gets a flat tire about 3/4 of the way through.
Here's how I thought it would develop: our hero, the older diamond salesmen, who's depicted as an honest, decent guy throughout, would reveal the true state of affairs to the police & to his employer, would (true to form in the modern business world) get absolutely no credit for it, would go home utterly discouraged (but not cynical), would be rescued by his lady-friend, & with her, go into the dog-breeding business, where both would be poor but happy.But, no, such an ending would have no appeal for cynical modern folks (did you know that "cynical" comes from the Greek word for "dog"?). So this movie ends where "Sexy Beast" begins.I guess the most cynical (& to me unbelievable) aspect is that we are supposed to believe that this man, who never cheated on his wife during a long marriage (& even during a period of grief after her death), would willfully & merrily cheat his employers' INSURANCE COMPANY (& thereby ALL their other clients, to whom their loss would be distributed). No, it's obvious to me that the scriptwriters lost their way. Too bad, because this movie, destined to be a little gem, was thereby seriously flawed.
AD
