Flawless 1999

Roger Ebert, At the Movies: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Its weary cliches and flat comic bits are apparently supposed to be fresh and insightful. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: It says a lot for Joel Schumacher's Flawless that you can see the picture's high-concept heart a mile away and still be won over by it. Read more

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Stephen Holden, New York Times: So awful it just might put an end to Hollywood's hypocritical infatuation with men in drag as symbols of its own supposedly liberated sexual attitudes. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Any humanity in the script is diluted to the point of nonexistence by Schumacher's refusal to allow any of his characters to develop beyond the stereotype stage. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: You need a pair of huge, hairy ones to make a picture this bad and call it "Flawless." Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: "Flawless" is contrived and overly schematic, but De Niro and Hoffman are such good actors that it never slips into pat sentiment. Read more

Time Out: For what it's worth, this could be Schumacher's best film. Read more

Emanuel Levy, Variety: Outdated and schematic, this two-character melodrama belongs to the 1970s, when transsexuals were "novel" dramatic persona; even the gifted Philip Seymour Hoffman is defeated by the writing and direction. Read more