It's a rough, yet playful film with endearing moments, where both hetero's and gays are cherished and ribbed.
Flawless (1999)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:23
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Uneven performances, formulaic.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The story of Walt Koontz (De Niro), a bitter, homophobic security guard who suffers a stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed. Depressed and suicidal over his slurred speech and awkward limp, he... The story of Walt Koontz (De Niro), a bitter, homophobic security guard who suffers a stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed. Depressed and suicidal over his slurred speech and awkward limp, he eventually breaks down and asks a neighbor for singing lessons. The neighbor, an unglamorous drag artist named Rusty (Hoffman), is as uncomfortable and disgusted with Koontz's bitter demeanor as Koontz is with Rusty's lifestyle. Hoffman proves that he is one of the finest character actors currently working in films. FLAWLESS is a nice change of pace for Schumacher (BATMAN FOREVER, THE LOST BOYS). [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Daphne Rubin-Vega
Starring: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wanda De Jesus, Rory Cochrane
Director: Joel Schumacher
Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Joel Schumacher
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Joel Schumacher
Composer: Bruce Roberts
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Reviews for Flawless
...a well-balance work that captures the often jaw dropping performances by the dancers.
Joel Schumacher has set himself up for the easy critical jab, so allow me to get it out of the way right here, right now: Flawless is anything but.
Outdated and schematic, this two-character melodrama belongs to the 1970s, when transsexuals were "novel" dramatic persona; even the gifted Philip Seymour Hoffman is defeated by the writing and direction.
Schumacher sets gay screen images back about three decades with this noisy inanity.
Proves that neither a respected great like Robert De Niro or an up-and-comer like Philip Seymour Hoffman can save a film as foolish and misguided as this one.
a piece of junk jewelry even Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman can't make sparkle. Heaven knows they try, though.
Joel Schumacher has served up a big, steamy Butterball with all the trimmings.
De Niro and Hoffman deliver the goods, but they are lost within a cockamamie, violent subplot that pulls down everything.
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