Irishchatter I didn't think this film was that great because the storyline was all over the shop and pretty boring. The only thing I liked in the film was when Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP) taught Robert DeNiro's character singing lessons. DeNiro's character had to be assigned to a rehabilitative programme in order to fight back his stroke. I wish it happened at the very beginning when he had the stroke but instead the two guys happened to get to know each other forty minutes into the film!I thought this film could've been way better if both characters were involved more in the story because I found it confusing at times to know what's going on. The actors were OK but I just didn't get a click at all watching this film. Waste of time seriously!

larapha I found the problem with Flawless the same I find in most Hollywood's films: too much rules in the story. To make the film entertainable, Hollywood producers do not open hand of rules, this case being the subplot where gangsters try to recuperate money stolen from their drug dealing (among others). The film itself is an actor's film. I won't share the plot once more, but it deals with the approximation of two worlds: that of the retired cop (Robert the Niro) with impaired speaking to a drag queen (Phillip Seymor Hoffman) that know the basics of singing, who will help him with his voice. Around the two the film stands, and that's the sole meaning of its existence. The growth of both characters it's what most justify the film, that becomes a pleasurable within being in the hands of this two sacred monsters of cinema.

alienworlds An interesting film that seems to be about two completely different people helping each other. That is well and good. On the other hand I think the chances of something like what takes place in this movie happening in real life are in the negative integer zone. Furthermore I think the film fosters myths about things related to the world of transsexualism re some very high costs being quoted by the films wanna be trans character related to what sex change stuff costs. I think that would tend to create the idea that anyone wishing to undergo some kind of a transsexual process either has to be loaded with money or prepared to take-a big bunch of money from somewhere, (see crime) which does nothing to promote understanding of the real issue-which is generally not a mega buck affair-and by the way-it is often a complete disaster, due to drug reactions, which are not accounted for in drug descriptions related to the subject. That would be a problem. I found it a bit hard to watch in places as the actor playing a wanna be trans isn't a wanna be trans. Call me stupid but there are plenty out there. Fairly forgettable performance by Robert De Niro, falling far short of his films like 'Goodfellas' or even '15 Minutes'.

lastliberal What do Kevin Spacey, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Denzel Washington, and Russell Crowe have in common. They were all up for the Best Actor Award at the 2000 Screen Actors Guild competition. Spacey won for American Beauty, but Hoffman was there for this film.You can always predict that Robert De Niro will turn in a good performance, and he certainly did as a homophobic security guard who has a stroke while trying to stop a drug shootout.He has to ask Hoffman, a transvestite lounge singer that lives in his building, for help in recovering, after his physical therapist tells him that singing improves stroke victims.This is set amidst a huge group of drag queens competing in a talent contest, and drug dealers trying to get their stolen money back.It is hilarious and sad at the same time. Every gay and drag joke you can imagine is here along with tragedy that will make you cry.What is great is the transformation made by people that just take the time to get to know one another.Hoffman was magnificent. Wilson Jermaine Heredia was a riot.