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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstar Peter Stack - SF Chronicle
starstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstar Elizabeth Weitzman - Film.com
starstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstar Diana Abu-Jaber - Portland Oregonian
star Tom Maurstad - Dallas Morning News
star Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
star Susan Stark - Detroit News
Desson Howe - Washington Post

“Mixes humor, shameless sentimentality, the fanciful and the contrived with no small amount of bravery, wisdom and underlying seriousness”

- Kevin Thomas

“Let me be the first to applaud Kirk Douglas for fighting back from a debilitating stroke to act again. Let me be the last to recommend the horrible movie he has chosen”

Desson Howe

Diamonds
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An ex-boxer recovering from a stroke (Kirk Douglas) takes a road trip to Las Vegas with his son (Dan Aykroyd) and grandson (Corbin Allred) to find some hidden diamonds. Kurt Fuller, Jenny McCarthy, Mariah O'Brien, Lauren Bacall, June Chadwick, Lee Tergesen, Val Bisoglio, Allan Aaron Katz, Roy Conrad, John Landis, Joyce Bulifant. Director: John Asher (1999, PG-13)
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