Flawless is a 2007 British fictional crime film

Crime film

Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...

 directed by Michael Radford

Michael Radford

Michael Radford is an English film director and screenwriter.-Early life and career:Radford was born on 24 February 1946, in New Delhi, India, to a British father and an Austrian Jewish mother. He was educated at Bedford School before attending Worcester College, Oxford...

, written by Edward Anderson, and starring Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....

 and Demi Moore

Demi Moore

Demi Guynes Kutcher , known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...

.

Flawless premiered 11 February 2007 in Germany

Germany

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. The film opened in limited release

Limited release

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 in the United States on 28 March 2008.

Plot

The film is set in London

London

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. Mr. Hobbs, a janitor played by Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....

, is about to retire but does not want to leave empty-handed. He asks Laura Quinn (Demi Moore

Demi Moore

Demi Guynes Kutcher , known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...

), a disgruntled executive victimized by the glass ceiling

Glass ceiling

In economics, the term glass ceiling refers to "the unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements." Initially, the metaphor applied to barriers in the careers of women but...

, to help him steal from the company for which they both work: the London Diamond Corporation.

Cast

• Michael Caine
  Michael Caine
  Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
  
   as Mr. Hobbs
• Demi Moore
  Demi Moore
  Demi Guynes Kutcher , known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...
  
   as Laura Quinn
• Lambert Wilson
  Lambert Wilson
  Lambert Wilson is a French actor. He is internationally known for his portrayal of The Merovingian in The Matrix He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, the son of Georges Wilson, who was an actor, theatrical manager and director of the Theatre National de Paris.Wilson screen tested for The...
  
   as Finch
• Joss Ackland
  Joss Ackland
  Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE , known as Joss Ackland, is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 films and numerous television roles.-Early life:...
  
   as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
• Constantine Gregory
  Constantine Gregory
  Constantine Gregory is an actor and dialect coach. Gregory was born in New York City in 1942 as Constantine Liebert, or Leebaert, of a Dutch father and Russian–born mother. On their divorce, he was given his mother's surname of de Goguel...
  
   as Dmitriev

Critical reception

The film received generally positive to average reviews from critics. As of 3 October 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

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 reported that 59% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 66 reviews. Metacritic

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 reported the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.

Box office performance

The film was released 5 October 2007 in Spain

Spain

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and has grossed $2.2 million there as of 6 January 2008.