Chicago Sun-Times
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8
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By Mary Houlihan
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Jul 06, 2010
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Flawless, directed with a fine eye by Michael Radford, is a diamond-heist thriller that will make you nostalgic for the smart, classy caper films of a certain era.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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8
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By Mick LaSalle
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Jul 06, 2010
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Flawless is a fictional tale, but something in director Michael Radford's conscientious, methodical presentation gives it the feeling of true history. Watching it is like watching a historical dramatization of something that never really happened.
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Ebert & Roeper
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0
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By Richard Roeper
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Jul 06, 2010
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[It's got] some neat little twists and turns.
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Newark Star-Ledger
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5
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By Stephen Whitty
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Jul 06, 2010
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This is supposed to be a caper movie. Shouldn't it have a heroine who looks as if she could, you know, conceivably, caper?
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New York Post
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4
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By Lou Lumenick
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Jul 06, 2010
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The plot contortions that very slowly unfold under Michael Radford's arthritic direction in Flawless are not much...entertaining.
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New York Daily News
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8
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By Joe Neumaier
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Jul 06, 2010
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There is a nice sense of style, and appreciation for tense face-to-face confrontations among characters trying to ignore the temptations around them. It's sort of the opposite of the current robbery flick The Bank Job - all substance and no flash.
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Detroit News
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6
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By Tom Long
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Jul 06, 2010
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A nicely made if slightly stodgy jewel heist flick that offers Michael Caine one more juicy, low-key role and Demi Moore another step back up the ladder to career revival.
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Boston Globe
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8
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By Ty Burr
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Jul 06, 2010
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Flawless is a gimcrack, a genre exercise, yet it's a confidence game in the best sense of the phrase. [Director] Radford knows the rules - when to bend them, when to break them, and when to play by them. That's an increasingly rare skill.
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Chicago Reader
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0
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By J. R. Jones
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Jul 06, 2010
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Screenwriter Edward Anderson drops the South African angle in favor of more conventional developments and has a hard time bringing this across the finish line without a number of implausibilities.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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6
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By Christy DeSmith
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Jul 06, 2010
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For about 100 of its 108 minutes, this film treats the viewer to a stylish, suspenseful roller coaster peppered with all manner of ugly, money-grubbing corporate types.
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