Flawless [Movie Review]

Flawless [Movie Review] | The movie was suggested by TikTok, and as usual, I was intrigued by films the platform labels as undervalued. 

I went in hoping it would be worth my time — especially with Demi Moore and Michael Caine leading the cast. With names like these, my expectations were naturally set a little higher.

SYNOPSIS

Flawless (2007) Trivia

• Starring: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson & Joss Ackland
• Director: Michael Radford
• Producer: Carola Ash, Jimmy de Brabant, Stephen Margolis, Albert Martinez Martin, Michael A. Pierce, Richard Pierce, Charles Salmon & Mark Williams
• Production Company: Magnolia Pictures, Pierce/Williams Entertainment, Hyde Park International, Future Films, Delux Productions, Luxembourg Film Fund, Blue Rider Entertainment & Zero Gravity Management
• Distributed by: Magnolia Pictures
• Release date: February 11, 2007
• Running time: 106 minutes
• Rating: MA
• Country: United Kingdom & Luxembourg
• Language: English
• IMDb: 6.7/ 10
• Tomatometer: 56%
• Metascore: 57%
• One of Flawless’s smartest touches is the insurer paying the ransom instead of the diamond company, inspired by real mid-20th-century diamond trade practices meant to avoid market panic. 
• Many of the close-up diamonds were real industrial stones loaned under strict supervision, while replicas were used for wider shots. The actors’ reactions to the weight, especially in the vault scenes, were completely genuine.  

She chooses a quiet restaurant for the interview, the kind of place where conversations blend into background noise. The reporter expects a harmless profile a celebratory nod to early female professionals and the lone woman who once a manager in the London Diamond Corporation. Nothing extraordinary and she was picked because the others her age was no longer alive. Laura Quinn arrives composed, elegant and entirely unremarkable, until she places a small box on the table. Inside is a diamond so large it seems unreal. Then she says, without drama, that she stole it.

The reporter assumes prison must have followed. Instead, Laura’s story drifts back to London in 1960, where she worked tirelessly in a company that praised her competence but never rewarded it. Six promotions passed her by. Each time, she was told to wait, to be patient, to understand. Reluctantly, she agrees as she is now playing in the boys' club.

It was the janitor, Mr. Hobbs, who finally spoke the truth. She was about to be let go, even though almost all her suggestions saved the company time and again. His proposal was modest, almost practical steal just enough diamonds to disappear quietly and live without fear. Tired of being overlooked and quietly furious at her own obedience, Laura agreed.

At a glittering gala hosted by the company president, she memorised the vault codes with ease. The plan was neat, dependent on a blind spot in the firm’s new camera system. But when the day arrived, Hobbs shattered the agreement. He emptied the vault entirely, nearly two tons of diamonds and demanded a ransom so large it would cripple the insurance syndicate backing the company. Laura realised too late that she was no longer part of a clever escape, but a reckless act of vengeance.

To contain the fallout, a private investigator, Mr. Finch, was hired. He watched Laura closely, sensing her involvement even as she tried to undo the damage by offering to return the stones. Hobbs refused to surface. The scandal exploded. The company president collapsed from the strain. One night, worn down and drinking with Finch, Quinn found herself crying in a bathroom over a diamond earring lost down a drain. In that moment, the solution revealed itself.

Beneath the city, in the sewers, she found Hobbs and the diamonds. He confessed his true motive not greed, but revenge against the insurance executive whose indifference had cost his wife her life. The ransom was paid. The executive later took his own life. Hobbs vanished.

Laura recovered the remaining diamonds and claimed luck. Finch, bound by affection as much as doubt, let her go. A few months after the incident, again, Laura was passed over. She resigned soon after. 

What happen to the ransom money?

 

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• Beautiful performance by the cast - everyone!
• Hobbs is clever. I kept on guessing how he smuggles the diamond. 

What I Don't Like:

• Too short. I want to see how Hobbs is.  

Will I Watch It Again: Sure, I would.

Overall: 4.5/ 5.0

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