(rated R, 100 mins.)
When’s the last time you saw a movie about salesmen-bonding that worked? Not since “Glengarry Glen Ross” has a story touched on the lives of the door to door world in such a way. Robert Forster is Eddie Miller, an overworked, thirty year veteran of diamond sales, whose insurance company will no longer cover him behind the wheel, because of a recent heart attack. Now the seasoned salesman has one month to break in the hot shot, smooth talking, new kid on the block, Bobby Walker (Donnie Wahlberg). Suddenly the two most unlikely men are thrown together in a car where they carefully and fluidly establish a bond to become colleagues in this offbeat buddy flick. Through a perfectly executed rhythm Bobby learns values and sensitivity while Eddie learns to mentor the kid and loosen up a bit in the process. The combination of stability and wild child works in resolving lessons on moving on, bouncing back and letting go. Wahlberg shows he is truly the sexier and more talented of the Wahlberg clan. Bess Armstrong makes for an interesting twist on the love interest and Jasmine Guy does a fine job as the turning-tricks masseuse.