Flawless - C+

On DVD

In 1960, Demi Moore works as the lone female for the London Diamond Corporation. She’s been passed over for promotions several times. So when janitor Michael Caine requests her help to steal some diamonds, she reluctantly agrees. The choices of time and place seem so arbitrary, you’d think it was based on a true story (it wasn’t). The movie plods along for the first half, showing life only when Caine is on screen. But the second half is intriguing not only for Caine’s scheme, but his underlying motivation.
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Caine sports his normal cockney accent and is typically great – but it’s nothing we haven’t seen before. Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2, The Hunt for Red October) is superb as the goateed, malignant corporate bastard bad guy. But, predictably, Moore is less-than-stellar as the scorned woman. Her limited acting ability is even more obvious around a bunch of British accents. Director Michael Radford (Il Postino) directs too respectfully when some flash is needed. The period costumes and settings are fine, but Demi’s “modern-day” old lady make-up is terrible. Another recent film, The Bank Job, actually was based on a true story and is similar in location, time, and plot. But The Bank Job is like a greasy bacon double cheeseburger. Flawless is like a pretty good salad. C+