I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

From my favorite movies..

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Eddie (Robert Forster) is a top jewelry salesman for his Pennsylvania company. As he carries diamonds quietly to the small cities of the state, a great many mom-and-pop jewelry stores buy his wares. Until one fateful day, that is. Eddie has a heart attack and, although he recovers, his company wants to let him go because he is a liability for guarding the precious gems he carries with him. Begging for his job as a source of stability for this new widower, his firm finally relents. The catch? He must train a new, brash underling named Bobby (Donnie Wahlberg) in the ways of selling to smaller operations. Its a mismatch from day one. Eddie favors jazz, Bobby likes rock. Eddie is a reserved, quietly attractive man while Bobby, fairly cute, chases various woman while getting inebriated. But, when push comes to shove, Bobby breaks down and tells Eddie he needs this job desperately, so could they just "get along"? Slowly, a relationship builds. But, is Eddie only training Bobby as his eventual replacement? Will noble Ed still have a position? We shall see but in the meantime, several unexpected events occur. Do you like surprising endings? This slow moving, reflective film is a jewel, truly, for those who don't need non-stop thrills. Forster gives the performance of a lifetime as good guy Eddie, someone very admirable in a world of conniving jerks. Wahlberg, too, surprises with a strong, sensitive turn. Bess Armstrong and Jasmine Guy provide great support. Its an unusual treat to visit small cities in PA while the outstanding script and sure direction enchant the viewer. Truly, this film is a precious stone among many zircon-like movies.

An escape from the gratuitous mayhem, crashes, gun play, torture, nudity, lying, cheating, and sex of many contemporary movies.This movie tells a great story, complete with emotions, situations, and predicaments that most people can relate to. It has a touch of violence and sex, but only in context with the storyline. Forster is superbly cast, and Wahlberg is delightful. The minor actors are believable and credible. Locations are just plain down-home rural America.All the previous user comments are right on target. I can offer only strong agreement. This is one fine movie. Watch it with your loved one or your best friend (or both).

This film is perfect in that it embodies so many different genres at once. It's a buddy flick with the perfect pair of actors (Forster/Wahlberg) since Redford/Newman, Nolte/Murphy and Sarandon/Davis. Bess Armstrong is a mature actress with plenty of sex appeal. Jasmine Guy (best known as the ditsy, southern belle on A Different World) shows that she's got some serious acting chops. Veteran actor George Coe and Jeff Gendelman do great work in their smaller parts. The story is believable, engrossing and smart. Director Dan Cohen filmmaking style is a hybrid of documentary, 70's buddy flick and morality tale. There are some cool and clever surprises throughout the film including the ending. I'd watch this film a hundred times.

These guys are diamonds in the rough-Robert Forster an aging traveling diamond salesman and Donnie Wahlberg the slacker trainee. `Diamond Men' is much less like Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in `Training Day' and just a bit like Ned Beatty and Liev Schreiber in `Spring Forward.' This unlikely team develops a respect and caring that are palpable, right down to Wahlberg fixing up the recently-widowed Forster with the heart-of-gold masseuse.What happens to the lovers and the buddies has been told many times before, and the twist is a not new territory. Yet the sweetness in the way they treat each other is refreshingly new. An undertone of love and respect allows the reclusive Forster to embrace Wahlberg's energy, while Wahlberg stops calling Forster `old' and learns some valuable professional and life lessons, as when Forster tells him how to make a tough sale: "When they say 'No,' they're looking for a way to say 'Yes.' " Forster's new lover helps him see beyond her past and his suddenly complicated present; Wahlberg's life begins a slow ascent up the maturity ladder because of Forster; someday Wahlberg may stop wearing leopard-skinned underwear.The ending is straight out of Elmore Leonard--the location and resolution are breezy and benign. What have survived are love and a renewed sense of life's possibilities. Diamonds turn out to be everyone's best friend.