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.
15 September 1981, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
18 November 1968, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
13 December 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 January 1994, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
14 October 1961, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
26 October 1977, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 December 1969, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
December 18, 2015
The Forger is a moderately entertaining, low-key combination heist film, crime picture and family drama.
April 24, 2015
It never for a single moment makes a plausible case for its own existence.
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.
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]
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 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
In attempting to spin out its competing storylines, the crime drama "The Forger" never quite gets a handle on either one.
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.
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.
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.
