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Walter Koontz (De Niro) - once a hero cop, now a security guard - lives in a rundown Hell's kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbour in trouble, his attempt to help turns into a nightmare when he suffers a stroke. Paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak clearly, Koontz, on the advice .. Read more

Starring	Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Christopher Bauer
Director	Joel Schumacher
Genres	Drama

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- "...Schumacher does his most jovial and humane work in years....As long as Hoffman and De Niro are acting out, it's a light-fingered charmer..." -- Rating: B+
- 9031
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 6
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  Flawless!
  
  This film has everything made me laugh out loud in some scenes and cry in others, De Niro and Hoffman are superb and the rest of the cast are fantastic.
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  - roxy27
  - Cheshire
  - 12 Feb 2005 at 17:45
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  - 0
  Really Robert, it's beneath you
  
  This is nonsense. In the first place the De Niro character makes an unbelievable recovery from a stroke, then we are asked to believe in the transvestite ... read more »
  
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- - Scottiemac
  - 10 reviews
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 08:52
- - 0
  - 0
  Right on sisters
  
  Brilliant. De Niro's best since Taxi Driver. High camp, great script, excellent acting. The gay republican bit - inspired. 20th word.
  
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- 1018114
- - MJM
  - 31 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 22:01
- - 1
  - 0
  Well worth watching
  
  Loved it! A poignant and funny tale of very different people isolated by city living and forced together by circumstance, delivered by two exceptional actors ... read more »
  
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- 995099
- - a customer
  - 20 May 2011 at 18:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Loved it !!
  
  Inriguing, Interesting and Entertaining. Loved it.
  
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- - Thomas Murray
  - Essex
  - 02 Dec 2010 at 20:18
- - 0
  - 2
  Flawless
  
  Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless! ... read more »
  
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- - NMCH
  - 2 reviews
  - Belfast
  - 12 Oct 2009 at 19:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Why bother
  
  Why make this film? There isn't a point to it
  
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  - Gateshead
  - 29 Sep 2009 at 13:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Flawless - a gem
  
  Very funny - unexpectedly so - the two main characters are excellent.
  
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- - ian smoult
  - England
  - 12 Jun 2009 at 20:33
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  - 0
  flawless
  
  well this film didn't live up to its title, i found this rather boring and turned it off half way through the actors were very good though .
  
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  - Doncaster
  - 29 Apr 2009 at 13:43
- - 0
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  Okay
  
  Not a bad movie, slightly strange and very different from De Niro's normal films but overall it was watchable. Just a bit slow and ends fairly abruptly.
  
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- - mikey1
  - 229 reviews
  - bournemouth
  - 27 Apr 2009 at 16:50
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  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  This is indeed a very good film, although a well kept secret. Robert de Niro plays a hard nosed, bigoted ex-cop who, after a stroke needs singing lessons and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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- - 6
  - 0
  Flawless!
  
  This film has everything made me laugh out loud in some scenes and cry in others, De Niro and Hoffman are superb and the rest of the cast are fantastic.
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  - roxy27
  - Cheshire
  - 12 Feb 2005 at 17:45
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  A touching story of a ...
  
  A touching story of a retired policeman (DeNiro) left partially paralysed after trying to intervene a crime in his building. In order to regain his speech, he ... read more »
  
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- - kavakava#1
  - LONDON
  - 31 Oct 2003 at 11:51
- - 1
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  Well worth watching
  
  Loved it! A poignant and funny tale of very different people isolated by city living and forced together by circumstance, delivered by two exceptional actors ... read more »
  
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- 995099
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  - 20 May 2011 at 18:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Fantastic
  
  One of the best movies I have seen for a long time. DeNiro is fantastic. A light hearted movie, to relax and enjoy. Not for the homophobic.
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 18 May 2004 at 09:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Very Slightly Flawed
  
  Excellent performance by Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Rusty. Believable performance as ever by Deniro. Only rated 4 because Deniro took the slurred speech to the... read more »
  
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- - VAP
  - Derby, England
  - 01 Sep 2004 at 08:53
- - 0
  - 0
  not the typical movie ...
  
  not the typical movie for deniro but well written and a good story, starts slow but soon picks up pace
  
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- - Hemmo#1
  - HULL
  - 09 Feb 2004 at 20:24
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  Quite sweet if a ...
  
  Quite sweet if a little patronising to gay people, (but who isn't in Hollywood). Robert is in his quiet withdrawn mode but still good. No surprises in the ... read more »
  
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- - ianmaxwelljones#1
  - LONDON
  - 06 Apr 2004 at 17:18
- - 0
  - 0
  This is not my normal ...
  
  This is not my normal sort of film, but I thought I would geve it a try as Robert de Niro was in it. I was really gad I did. The film was first class. It ... read more »
  
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- - Pam#12
  - LONDON
  - 21 Apr 2004 at 08:05
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  - 0
  Not for everyone
  
  I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it is De Niro in an unusual and sometimes uncomfortable role. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is breathtaking, but this film is not for ... read more »
  
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- - Alison
  - Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
  - 25 Mar 2005 at 09:36
- - 0
  - 0
  Very Good, original story
  
  Highly recommended, esp. if you're a DENiro fan, although he doesn't say much in this one!
  
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- 151448
- - a customer
  - England
  - 16 Sep 2005 at 17:43

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Critics' reviews
- "...Schumacher does his most jovial and humane work in years....As long as Hoffman and De Niro are acting out, it's a light-fingered charmer..." -- Rating: B+
- 9031
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- For what it's worth, this could be Schumacher's best film. There's no stylised-to-oblivion cartoon sensationalism, none... read more on Time Out
- 44138
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...FLAWLESS is a personal and meaningful work that takes Schumacher back to his New York roots of the '60's & 70's..."
- 9032
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...De Niro confirms his talent....[Hoffman] proves a powerful peer for his macho co-star, even in stiletto heels..."
- 9030
- - Box Office
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  Walter Koontz (De Niro) - once a hero cop, now a security guard - lives in a rundown Hell's kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbour in trouble, his attempt to help turns into a nightmare when he suffers a stroke. Paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak ...