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 is one of those gems you happen on by accident and then wonder why you never heard of it. A stellar performance by Forester, and Donny Wahlberg is a real suprise.Notable name behind the camera is Rick Derby -- director and producer of Rocks With Wings -- one of the best documentaries to air on TV in 2002. Check it out, you won't be sorry.

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.

Another in the genre of "Average Guys Have Feelings Too". Grainy film, home movie locations, good character roles, well played. The story is engaging, despite its worn character types. Forster as Eddie is perfectly cast and works his minimalist magic. Wahlberg as Bobbie is trying to be Brando at times, but manages to show some range of acting skill. Katie, as played by Bess Armstrong, is well written and adds needed depth just in time to the flat story line. Katie and Eddie end up being just as unethical and immoral as the rest of the blue world they occupy. The twist at the film's end, in my opinion, gives the story a flat tire. A good story, but too cynical.