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Buy This Item Flawless by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $12.99  on 11-17-2008     "One of the year's hottest surprises" (Rex Reed), this "feel-good drama" (San Francisco Chronicle) from writer-director Joel Schumacher (A Time to Kill) combines the acting talents of two-time Oscar(r) winner* Robert De Niro (Analyze This) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Talented Mr. Ripley)! Flawless lives up to its name with a story line that's full of compassion, tolerance and most of all "heart" (San Francisco Chronicle)! Walter Koontz (De Niro)once a hero cop, now a security guardlives in a rundown Hell's Kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbor 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 of his doctor, seeks voice lessons. But with winter holding him hostage to his apartment, he has no choice but to seek help from a musically inclined neighbor whom he vehemently dislikes an outspoken guy named Rusty (Hoffman)! Reader Reviews True this film has some (and others would say many) flaws in it, but just about every movie does. One of the biggest would be the whole drug dealer plot. So why do I give this movie 5 stars? For many reasons. 1) I enjoy the performances; DeNiro and Hoffman are superb in their roles and work well off each other. I even like the supporting roles, even if they are over the top at times. 2) I like the main story and theme; how two very different people can connect. Walter and Rusty share one thing in common, lonliness, a desire for companionship (in love and in friendship). 3) I think it's well made, production wise. The music works well and the look of the cinematography gives it a grimey yet hopeful feel. The sets and costumes are also good. 4) And the final reason for the rating is writer/director Joel Schumacher. After his disaster with the Batman films he did, and others people may have not liked, Schumacher has returned to basics with simpler projects. He's wokring his way back up in the film ladder; Phantom of the Opera was his return to the bigger budgeted films, and he did well with that. This film is certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but people should give it a chance.

Flawless Available from Amazon Price: $12.99 Updated on 11-17-2008.

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