Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 26
Kirk Douglas' flinty performance fails to overshadow an otherwise dull and cliche-ridden affair.
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 8
Kirk Douglas' flinty performance fails to overshadow an otherwise dull and cliche-ridden affair.
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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 1,344
A elderly man and his estranged son search for treasure and try to repair their relationship in this bittersweet comedy. Harry Agensky (Kirk Douglas) is a one-time welterweight boxing champion who lives in Canada with his son Moses (Kurt Fuller). Harry's other son, Lance (Dan Aykroyd), feels that his father never really cared about his dreams and ambitions, and now Lance has little affection for his Dad. However, Lance's relationship with his teenage son Michael (Corbin Allred) is not faring
Dec 10, 1999 Wide
Jul 18, 2000
All Critics (49) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (26) | DVD (2)
Inappropriate for audiences of all ages.
Kirk Douglas is still the champ.
The star's courageous performance is the main attraction of a movie that shamelessly pours on the sentiment.
Diamonds can be proud of its achievement as the ultimate primer on elderly embarrassments and the best ways to exploit them.
A sub-par effort in family drama with Kirk Douglas barely registering above his usual excellence
Douglas struggles honorably with his stoke-impaired speech and a shoddy story.
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.
Sadly, Kirk Douglas' real-life stroke is the most compelling ingredient in Miramax's new cobbled-together caper flick.
Even in his prime, Douglas couldn't have saved himself from this cliche-ridden script.
Simply a pleasure.
A thoroughly enjoyable piece.
Douglas, still vigorous at 83, carries the film with one of the best performances of his long career, probably because many of his scenes are straight from the heart.
I love Corbin Allred in this movie. He's just so good! He got his LDS mission papers (telling him where he'd serve) while on set. I think that's pretty nifty!
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