MPAA Rating: for brief strong language

Review coming from Contributor: Marilea Gray

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

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Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Comedy, Remake

Length:

1 hr. 48 min.

Year of Release:

2008

USA Release:

March 28, 2008; DVD release: June 3, 2008

Relevant Issues

Biblical women with admirable character, include: Mrs. Noah, Mary (mother of Jesus), Esther, Deborah, and Milcah, daugher of Zelophehad.

Anger in the Bible

What about feminism and women's lib?

Featuring:	Joss Ackland, Jonathan Aris, Michael Caine, Simon Day, Josef d'Bache-Kane, Constantine Gregory, David Henry, Kim Hermans, Nicholas Jones Demi Moore “Ghost,” “A Few Good Men,” “Mr. Brooks” Derren Nesbitt, Nathaniel Parker, Steve Preston, Ben Righton, Peter Rnic, Claire Thill, Kevan Willis, Lambert Wilson, Roya Zargar
Director:	Michael Radford “The Postman,” “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” “William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice”
Producer:	Carola Ash, Jimmy de Brabant, Stephen Margolis, Albert Martinez Martin, Michael A. Pierce, Richard Pierce, Charles Salmon, Mark Williams
Distributor:	Magnolia Pictures

“It took the heist of the century to settle the score.”

Producer’s Synopsis: “From director Michael Radford comes FLAWLESS, a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London. Demi Moore stars as female executive at the London Diamond Corporation that finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment. She befriends a janitor (Michael Caine) who is reaching the end of his tenure at the company and is looking to help himself to a considerably more generous retirement package. Together they hatch a plot to steal a handful of priceless diamonds, setting off a swirling chain of events that send ripples all over Europe in this fast paced, stylish film.”

“…a mildly diverting period heist movie …”
—Stephen Holden, New York Times

“…this is a slick piece of filmmaking. But all the sparkling facets don’t make it a precious gem.”
—Tom, Meek, The Boston Phoenix

“…‘Flawless’ is stylish, suspenseful… a dizzying crime story shot through with '60s fashion and the best of all possible contemporary villains: sexist, corporate higher-ups kicking back in their Aeron chairs.…”
—Christy DeSmith, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

“…Caine lives up to the ‘Flawless’ title, anyway… Its deliberate pacing too often feels slow, and it keeps conjuring memories of better heist movies.…”
—Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times