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Joel SchumacherScreenplay:
Joel SchumacherCinematography:
Declan QuinnComposer:
Bruce RobertsCast:
Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer, Skipp Sudduth, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rory Cochrane, Daphne Rubin-Vega (more)VOD (2)
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Walter Koontz (Robert De Niro) once a hero cop, now a security guardlives in a rundown Hell's Kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbor in trouble, his attempt to help turns into a nightmare when he suffers a stroke. Paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak clearly, Koontz, on the advice of his doctor, seeks voice lessons. But with winter holding him hostage to his apartment, he has no choice but to seek help from a musically inclined neighbor whom he vehemently dislikes an outspoken guy named Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman)! (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
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A conservative and withdrawn detective finds a complicated path to a flamboyant transsexual and they end up becoming good friends. Sufficient annotation to set the stage for the world's worst movie, but that would not have been possible with the empathetic observer Schumacher behind the camera, who has always loved the mean streets, the blending of cultures, and generally fawned over people from the lower echelons of society. Flawless works mainly because every direction and opinion is given its own backdrop, and with a good selection of locations, (non-)actors, and proper casting here, it is able to build integrity for even the most lapsed physiotherapist. You can see it in the way everyone fits the part, the interactions work and the scenes that don't move the plot at all are a particular joy here. And Hoffman is, once again, absolutely incredible.
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