Flawless
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 28, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
As heist films go, Radford has crafted an engaging, if not especially memorable one, with Flawless. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
The pleasure of watching such well-crafted entertainment offsets the small disappointments. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
In the diamond-heist thriller Flawless, there aren't a lot of diamonds, heists or thrills. But there is a nice sense of style, and appreciation for tense face-to-face confrontations among characters trying to ignore the temptations around them. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Flawless is a fictional tale, but something in director Michael Radford's conscientious, methodical presentation gives it the feeling of true history. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's assured and neatly crafted - the time zips by while you're watching it. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Caine is reason enough to see any movie. He gives this clever, somewhat lumbering caper movie a deep-seated soul. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A modest little caper film that satisfies chiefly because of its relative familiarity and lack of ambition. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The joy of this movie, which features Joss Ackland as a memorably intimidating, Afrikaner-accented boss, is in the gradual revelation of intrigue. Read full review
70
Film ThreatRick Kisonak
Over all though, this is a first rate caper piece elevated by Caine’s effortlessly elegant portrayal. The movie is wall to wall with pompous, sexist, greedy backstabbers and it’s a hoot to watch Hobbs mop the floor with the lot of them. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
I enjoyed seeing Joss Ackland as well. The veteran character actor with the world’s lowest voice plays the diamond company chairman, and when he rumbles out orders, it’s like Sensurround never left us. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Polished but oddly lifeless heist thriller. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The filmmakers' narrative device of framing Quinn's tale as a feature-length flashback doesn't pay off - we get a goody-two-shoes moral lesson at the end, and a look at movie studio aging makeup gone wild. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The heist in Flawless comes at the film's midpoint, but although Radford wrings some nice suspense from the sequence, the theft isn't his primary focus here. It's what happens next. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterGregory Valens
Not the freshest heist movie ever made, Flawless still has a few pleasures to offer, thanks to a well-studied social and political background and to Michael Caine's lovely creation. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A mildly diverting period heist movie. Read full review
50
VarietyJonathan Holland
As neatly tailored, clean-cut, and visually appealing as a Savile Row suit. But audiences accustomed to more knowing fare are likely to find its twists and turns outdated while yearning for a little of the rebellious fun that made the genre gleam in the first place. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
It's left to Caine to wink and nod at his own contribution to real caper classics of the 1960s and '70s, produced with more emphasis on fun and less on instructive fact-finding. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Moore hasn't tackled a lead role since the turn of the century, and judging by her eminently forgettable work here, she hasn't spent that time painstakingly honing her chops. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Flawless never begins to live up to its title. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
The plot contortions that very slowly unfold under Michael Radford's arthritic direction in Flawless are not much more entertaining. Read full review
30
Village VoiceScott Foundas
Flawless is the sort of movie that tends to get called "enjoyably old-fashioned," except that there's nothing enjoyable about it. The pacing is torpid, the plotting slack, and the performances utterly joyless--chiefly Moore, who walks through every scene with her face stretched into an expressionless mask, her lips pressed into a permanent pout. Read full review
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