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‘Diamond’ Review: Andy Garcia Directs and Stars in a Charming but Slight Neo-Noir About an Old-Movie Detective…in Contemporary L.A.

21 May 2026 at 00:17
A lot of tender loving care, and Hollywood obsession, has been poured into it, and it’s amusing to see how the quality that’s always made Andy Garcia such an appealing actor — his way of being direct and holding something back at the same time — fits so snugly into an old-movie reverie.

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  • Brendan Fraser and Andy Garcia's Detective Movie Puts an Unexpected Twist on the Noir | Review Therese Lacson
    There's nothing like a good whodunit, and it's even better when there's a clever gumshoe on the trail. Andy Garcia's Joe Diamond roams the streets of Downtown Los Angeles in a three-piece suit, hunting down cases as a private investigator and appearing as something of an urban legend to the denizens of the City of Angels. Putting on his director, writer, and producer hats, Garcia's newest film, Diamond, is all polished suits and smooth jazz, but beneath all of that, there's an unexpected twist t
     

Brendan Fraser and Andy Garcia's Detective Movie Puts an Unexpected Twist on the Noir | Review

20 May 2026 at 16:51

There's nothing like a good whodunit, and it's even better when there's a clever gumshoe on the trail. Andy Garcia's Joe Diamond roams the streets of Downtown Los Angeles in a three-piece suit, hunting down cases as a private investigator and appearing as something of an urban legend to the denizens of the City of Angels. Putting on his director, writer, and producer hats, Garcia's newest film, Diamond, is all polished suits and smooth jazz, but beneath all of that, there's an unexpected twist that takes this slightly corny concept and turns it into gold.

‘Diamond’ Review: Andy Garcia Writes, Directs & Stars In Clever And Entertaining Contemporary Homage To Film Noir – Cannes Film Festival

19 May 2026 at 21:58
You think you know what Andy Garcia’s Diamond is going to be right from the opening scenes as we meet ’40s-style, fedora-wearing private eye Joe Diamond (Garcia), who looks, talks and walks like he is in a film noir, the kind of B&W Bogart and Mitchum regularly gravitated to. He’s all business in his aging […]

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