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The Forger
A thief works with his father and son to forge a painting by Monet and steal the original. Together, they plan the heist of their lives.
27 September 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 January 1994, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
25 February 1973, White Bluff, Tennessee, USA
15 September 1981, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
9 March 1983, Detroit, Michigan, USA
March 02, 2016
The idea is actually interesting - a dysfunctional family trying to get their act together while planning some illegality and teaching the youngster about Impressionist art - but the half-baked execution falls short.
November 19, 2015
Part of the family drama works, but whatever strokes of genius it could have goes to second term and it ends up being boring. What a waste of talent. [Full review in Spanish]
April 23, 2015
Mr. Travolta teeters between tough-guy menace and soulful, artistic intensity, but you don't ever believe that he can paint or that he can beat up a whole squad of younger, bigger, meaner dudes.
June 02, 2016
The Forger is an uninspired and flat crime-drama that, despite its relatively sellable premise and solid casting, just doesn't come together.
April 24, 2015
It never for a single moment makes a plausible case for its own existence.
December 18, 2015
The Forger is a moderately entertaining, low-key combination heist film, crime picture and family drama.
November 13, 2016
The plot is a little lackluster -- the climactic heist isn't very climactic -- but director Philip Martin creates a strong sense of place and a strong sense of community among the characters.
April 24, 2015
In attempting to spin out its competing storylines, the crime drama "The Forger" never quite gets a handle on either one.
April 26, 2015
What is happening! If you check out "The Forger," you might well find yourself saying that time and again, as the entertainingly terrible performances keep piling up while the plot dares you not to chuckle at the audacity of it all.
April 24, 2015
Occasionally a movie comes along that's such an awkward compilation of ideas it fascinates: The Forger, a Boston-set melodrama involving cancer, Impressionist art and deadbeat dads, is only about half that good.