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'Diamond Men' and 'Lakeboat'...here's what critics had to say.
“Do you remember actor Robert Forster? ... He was so sexy years ago in ‘Reflections in a Golden Eye’ ... then nominated for ‘Jackie Brown.’ ... Well, he’s rolling again ... In one day, two of his movies opened 3,000 miles apart: in N.Y., ‘Diamond Men,’ in which he plays a diamond salesman forced to train his younger successor, Donnie Wahlberg; and in L.A., ‘Lakeboat,’ based on a David Mamet play. The fit and handsome 60 year old actor says, ‘I had a five year surge, and then 25 years downhill’ ... Now he travels in the United States giving anecdotal motivational talks about making movies with legends such as Brando, Taylor, Anthony Quinn and John Huston ... He has made more than 20 movies since ‘Jackie Brown,’ and he has five films still in the can ... Keep an eye on this ‘new comer.’ ... Remember that jack Palance hit the jackpot in his older years with an Academy Award.” Liz Smith Los Angeles Times
DIAMOND MEN
“This film is extraordinary on several counts... above all, its superb starring performance.” (Robert Forster) Wall Street Journal
“With the possible exception of Morgan Freeman, there’s no actor in American movies today who projects effortless, world-weary gravitas better than Robert Forster ... As with so many other recent indie films he has appeared in, it is Forster who truly shines ... Beautifully underplaying while depicting the supremely controlled and repressed Eddie’s weary re-entry into an emotional life, he is utterly compelling every moment he’s on screen.” Hollywood Reporter
“Any doubts that we improve with age are put to rest by Robert Forster in ‘Diamond Men’ ... After watching his subtle, touching performance in this movie, you’ll think that being over 50 is just about the coolest thing in the world ... After a strong start, he kept working in film and television but essentially dropped out of the big time for decades ... Now he is back with a wonderful vengeance.” Washington Post
“Eddie Miller (Robert Forster), the stolid protagonist of ‘Diamond Men,’ a small, finely acted slice of American life, is the sort of character the movies normally shun like the plague for the lack of glamour ... Inhabiting a role that a needier actor might have distorted with sentimental pathos, Mr. Forster gives a dry, understated performance that keeps the film on an emotionally even keel.” New York Times
LAKEBOAT “Robert Forster (Oscar nominated for Jackie Brown) stands out in a blazing, award-caliber performance as Joe, whose speech about his youthful goal to be a ballet dancer, and the dashed hopes that led to his near-suicide is as pure and potent as anything in the Mamet canon.” Rolling Stone
“These actors were born to deliver Mametspeak ... Robert Forster is Incredible” Playboy
“Most emotionally available is Joe (a superb Robert Forster), a depressive introvert who speaks of suicide attempts and early ambitions to be a ballet dancer ... Forster adroitly pulls off a dramatic double plie as Joe gives Dale a vote of confidence that simultaneously expresses his own sense of failure.” NY Newsday
“Forster’s Joe, a 33 year veteran of the freighters, is Dale’s roommate, and Lakeboat’s ‘key figure’ ... Its best moments occur when, in seeing that Dale has his life ahead of him, Joe realizes how much of his own has passed; all this is implicit and is played beautifully by Forster.” Los Angeles times
“A delicate mood piece beautifully filmed by Mamet veteran Joe Mantegna in his feature directorial debut ... A marvelous ensemble; Robert Forster is brilliant.” Movieline Magazine
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