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Diamonds (1999)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:9

Rotten:24

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Kirk Douglas' flinty performance fails to overshadow an otherwise dull and cliche-ridden affair.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

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,...

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]

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

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Corbin Allred, Jenny McCarthy, Kurt Fuller, Mariah O'Brien

Director: John Asher

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

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Jul 18, 2000

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  • Diamonds
  • Ths funny and touching comedy hit features Kirk Douglas (OSCAR, GREEDY) and Dan Aykroyd (BLUES BROTHERS 2000, GHOSTBUSTERS) in a shining cast of great stars! Harry Agensky (Douglas) is a feisty ex-boxing champ who shows that he still has some punch left when he talks his son (Aykroyd) and grandson into taking a road trip from Canada to Reno, Nevada! There, the trio takes up the search for 13 missing diamonds that Harry was promised for throwing a fight years ago! With sexy Jenny McCarthy (SCREAM 3, BASEKETBALL) and the legendary Lauren Bacall (THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES) adding to the already high-spirited hilarity, don't miss your chance to come along for this trio's wild comedy adventure.
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    Athan Bezaitis
    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
    Bill Pearis
    Citysearch

    [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.

    Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
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    Chuck Rudolph
    Chuck Rudolph
    Matinee Magazine

    Simply a pleasure.

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    Chuck Walton
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    Cynthia Fuchs
    Cynthia Fuchs
    Philadelphia City Paper

    Douglas struggles honorably with his stoke-impaired speech and a shoddy story.

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    Dan Lybarger
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    No review available.

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    05/14/04
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    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.

    Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
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    Elias Savada
    Elias Savada
    Nitrate Online

    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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    07/22/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    EmanuelLevy.Com

    Sadly, Kirk Douglas' real-life stroke is the most compelling ingredient in Miramax's new cobbled-together caper flick.

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    01/01/00
    Eric Gordon
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    Unless you've just GOT to see what is most likely to be Kirk Douglas's last movie, there's really no reason to see this at all.

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    Eric Lurio
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    Greenwich Village Gazette

    It'll be hard not to check your watch every five minutes.

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

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    Felix Vasquez Jr.
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