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.
The Forger
Never too late for a final blow
2014 · 1h 35m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Philip Martin
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The Forger
Overview
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
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Top critics, in their words
In attempting to spin out its competing storylines, the crime drama "The Forger" never quite gets a handle on either one.
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.
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.
This limply directed tale emerges as a case study of an all too familiar type of art crime: the making of bad movies.
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