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Flawless is a 2007 Britishfictional^[1]heistcrime film directed by Michael Radford, written by Edward Anderson, and starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore. It premiered 11 February 2007 in Germany. The film had a limited release in the United States on 28 March 2008.^[2]

Plot[edit]

A reporter enters a restaurant to interview Laura Quinn, the only woman to ever have been a manager at the London Diamond Corporation, for a puff piece about the first generation of women entering the workforce. Quinn places a box on the table, revealing a huge diamond, and says, 'I stole it.' The reporter, suddenly enthralled, assumes that Quinn has been in prison for the theft all this time.

The story then flashes back to 1960, when Quinn was still employed as a manager at London Diamond Corporation. She is passed over for a promotion for the sixth time despite being intellectually superior to her male co-workers. Quinn discovers that she is getting fired from the janitor, Mr. Hobbs. He offers her a place in a plot: stealing enough diamonds to make them rich, but not enough to be noticed. Knowing she is considered old by her coworkers and has few other professional prospects, she agrees. At a social event at the Company President's mansion she finds the vault combination codes.

Quinn and Mr. Hobbs hatch a plan, exploiting a weakness in the new camera security system. However, Mr. Hobbs steals every single diamond from the vault, almost two tons worth, and holds them for a ransom of 100 million pounds. The head of the insurance syndicate from King's Row is forced to pay the ransom, leaving him financially ruined. Quinn, having never agreed to this, now finds herself trapped.

The company hires a private investigator, Mr. Finch, to keep the matter from going public. Suspicious from the start, Mr. Finch keeps a close eye on Mr. Hobbs and Miss Quinn. Quinn wants to avoid jail time by giving the diamonds back but Mr. Hobbs refuses. Having no idea where he's hidden them she conceals their scheme.

The situation escalates as the diamonds are not returned, the incident is leaked to the Press, and the president of London Diamond Corporation has a heart attack due to the stress. Feeling cornered while out for a drink with Mr. Finch, Miss Quinn runs to the bathroom and cries uncontrollably. After losing her diamond earring down the drain, she gets an idea as to how the heist could have been pulled and where the diamonds could be. Excusing herself, she goes down into the sewer under the company and finds Mr. Hobbs guarding a passage. He pulls a gun on her, but she finds a huge diamond at her feet. Mr. Hobbs confesses that he has no interest in the diamonds or the money, and wants to ruin the head of the insurance syndicate whose deliberate delay in covering his wife's medical expenses resulted in her death many years before.

Once the deadline for the ransom has passed, resulting in the insurance head's suicide, Mr. Hobbs leaves. Miss Quinn finds the rest of diamonds and calls Mr. Finch claiming she followed a hunch. While there is sufficient proof that she was involved in the incident, Mr. Finch is unwilling to press charges against Quinn. Finch instead acts by helping the company recover the stolen property and implying to the press that the theft was just a rumour.

The story returns to the present. Quinn tells the reporter that she resigned and shortly after received a letter from a bank in Switzerland: Mr. Hobbs apologised for involving her, needing a disgruntled employee for access to the diamond vault, and as compensation gave her the ransom money. Quinn details how she spent the rest of her life donating all of the money left to her to many different organisations and people in need. She has returned to London after a long absence only to tell the story and leave the diamond she found in the sewer, calling it the last reminder of the woman she was.

Cast[edit]

• Michael Caine as Mr. Hobbs
• Demi Moore as Laura Quinn
• Lambert Wilson as Finch
• Joss Ackland as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
• Constantine Gregory as Dmitriev
• Ahmed Ayman as Bondok
• Natalie Dormer as Cassie, the reporter

Critical reception[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of June 2020, the film holds a 55% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 95 ratings with an average rating of 5.71 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads: 'Michael Caine's excellent performance makes Flawless something more than an average heist movie.'^[3]Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.^[4]

Box office performance[edit]

The film was released 5 October 2007 in Spain and has grossed $2.2 million there as of 6 January 2008.^[5]

References[edit]

1. ^'Flawless (2008) – Press Kit'. Magnolia Pictures. Retrieved 25 September 2008.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
2. ^'Flawless (2007) – Release dates'. IMDb. Retrieved 29 March 2008.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
3. ^'Flawless Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 9 June 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
4. ^'Flawless (2008): Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 15 June 2008.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
5. ^'Flawless (2008) – International Box Office Results'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 March 2008.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

• Flawless at IMDb
• Flawless at Rotten Tomatoes
• Flawless at Metacritic
• Flawless at Box Office Mojo
• Flawless at AllMovie

Flawless is a 1999 American crimecomedy-drama film written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Plot[edit]

Walter Koontz (Robert De Niro) is a highly decorated 'local hero' officer of the New York police department who lives in a downtown apartment complex. Despite his locale and rampant run of drag queens in his building, he tends to keep to himself and still lives a life involved with lovely women, dancing and dining. One night, he hears gunshots upstairs, and while ascending to help suffers a stroke. He awakens with the right side of his body paralyzed resulting in poor speech and posture, and giving him an unrecoverable limp that requires him to use a cane to get around.

He suffers a massive blow to his ego, and Walter becomes ashamed to be seen in public in such a fashion. Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is one of Walter's drag queen neighbors, and the two are at odds constantly due to their differing lifestyles. Rusty has a desire to undergo a sex reassignment surgery, but lacks the money to do so. When Walter comes to Rusty to use his musical talents for voice lessons to overcome his impediment, the pair, while at first argumentative and uncomfortable with each other, slowly become friends. Walter begins to gain confidence and make strides to return to a normal life. However, their friendship is marred when Rusty shows Walter a stash of money, hidden in the body of his dress making mannequin, which is enough to pay for his operation. When Walter inquires how Rusty got the money, Rusty says he stole it from a drug pusher, who was also responsible for the attack the night Walter had his stroke. Outraged by this, Walter and Rusty part ways angrily.

One night, after returning from a drag beauty contest called 'Flawless', Rusty is accosted by the criminals who had crept into his apartment to find the stolen money. Walter hears the commotion and runs up to save Rusty's life. Rusty locks himself in the bedroom, and when Walter comes in, the criminals turn their attention to him, prompting Rusty to return the favor. In the fight, Walter is shot by the criminals, but the pair are able to subdue them. While boarding an ambulance with Walter, Rusty gives the paramedics the stolen cash to ensure that Walter is okay. The pair again rekindle their friendship, setting their personal differences aside.

Cast[edit]

• Robert De Niro as Walter Koontz
• Philip Seymour Hoffman as Rusty
• Skipp Sudduth as Tommy
• Barry Miller as Leonard Wilcox
• Chris Bauer as Jacko
• Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Cha-Cha
• Daphne Rubin-Vega as Tia
• Rory Cochrane as Pogo
• Scott Allen Cooper as Ivana
• Jude Ciccolella as Detective Noonan
• Mina Bern as Mrs. Spivak
• Penny Balfour as Cristal
• Victor Rasuk (uncredited) as Neighborhood boy
• Richie Lamontagne as Carmine the Pizza Boy
• Luis Saguar as Mr. Z
• Mitchell Lichtenstein as Gay Republican Spokesperson

Soundtrack[edit]

1. 'Planet Love' – Taylor Dayne (Allee Willis; Bruce Roberts)
2. 'Half-Breed' – Cher (Al Capps; Mary Dean)
3. 'Lady Marmalade' (Live) – Patti LaBelle (Bob Crewe; Kenny Nolan)
4. 'When the Money's Gone' – Bruce Roberts (Bruce Roberts; Donna Weiss)
5. 'G.A.Y.' – Geri Halliwell (Geri Halliwell; Watkins; Wilson)
6. 'When Will You Learn' – Boy George (G. O'Dowd; John Themis; Mike Koglin)
7. 'La Chica Marita' – Marcus Schenkenberg (J. Beauvoir; T. Catania)
8. 'Turn Me Over' – Wonderbox (Monica Murphy)
9. 'Lady Marmalade' – All Saints (Bob Crewe; Kenny Nolan)
10. 'Sidewalk Talk' – John 'Jellybean' Benitez (Madonna)
11. 'Can't Stop Love' – Soul Solution (Bobby Guy; Ernie Lake)
12. 'Give It to Me' – Drama Kidz (Danny Sullivan; E. Holterhoff; Jellybean)
13. 'The Name Game' – Shirley Ellis (Lincoln Chase; Shirley Ellis)
14. 'Whenever You Fall' – Taylor Dayne (Taylor Dayne; B.G. Craziose; Ernie Lake; Janice Robinson)
15. 'The Neighborhood' – Bruce Roberts; Gohl; Sarah McLachlan (Bruce Roberts)
16. 'Tia's Tango' – Bruce Roberts; Gohl; Sarah McLachlan (Bruce Roberts)
17. 'Luciano' – Bruce Roberts; Gohl; Sarah McLachlan (Bruce Roberts)

Production[edit]

Casting[edit]

Hoffman considered De Niro to be the most imposing actor that he had ever worked with, noting how De Niro had the ability during the shooting to 'listen' to him as an actor, and in turn, make Hoffman respond similarly because of his unique style of acting. Hoffman felt that his exposure to that level of acting profoundly improved his own abilities as an actor.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Review-aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes reports a 40% approval rating based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10,^[2] and a consensus reading: 'Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman's Flawless performances live up to this dramedy's title; unfortunately, they're outweighed by the misguided picture surrounding them.' Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of 'C' on scale of A+ to F.^[3]

Hoffman was praised by critics for his ability to avoid clichés in playing such a delicate role.^[4] Emily VanDerWerff, a transgender film critic, praised the warmth of his portrayal of Rusty, commenting that 'Hoffman’s work is quiet, moving, and humanistic, and it provides the film with a core Schumacher doesn’t remotely earn. No matter; this is another movie worth seeing almost entirely for the titanic work Hoffman does near its center.'^[4]Roger Ebert highlighted Hoffman as 'one of the best new character actors', remarking that he was 'able to take a flamboyant role and find the quiet details in it'.^[5]

Hoffman received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Lead Actor.^[6]

References[edit]

1. ^Simon, Jeff (24 September 2000). 'Role Player ; Rochester's Philip Seymour Hoffman on Hollywood, good films and the 'star' factor'. The Buffalo News, accessed via HighBeam Research (subscription required). Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
2. ^'Flawless'. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
3. ^'Cinemascore'. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20.
4. ^ ^ab'In Flawless, Philip Seymour Hoffman gave warmth to a transgender stereotype'. A.V. Club. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
5. ^'Flawless'. Rogerebert.com. November 29, 1999. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
6. ^'The 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards'. Screen Actors Guild. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

External links[edit]

• Flawless at IMDb
• Flawless at Box Office Mojo
• Flawless at Rotten Tomatoes

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