Video Review

Flawless

Reviewed by William Stevenson | Apr 21, 2000
EW's GRADE
C+

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery and Thriller; With: Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman

A homophobic retired band guard (De Niro) suffers a debilitating stroke and has to make nice with a sassy drag queen neighbor (Hoffman) in order to get his speech back. While De Niro is affectingly understated, Hoffman is so over the top he makes The Birdcage's Nathan Lane look macho. And writer-director Joel Schumacher pours on the pathos as the film builds to a strained action-movie climax. It's a drag all right — just not the fun kind. C+

Originally posted Apr 21, 2000 Published in issue #536 Apr 21, 2000 Order article reprints
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