Flawless (1999)

Directed by

Joel Schumacher

Genre

drama film, comedy film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 302 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired security guard has a stroke and loses some of his ability to speak. He hires a drag queen who lives in his building to give him singing lessons. The two form an unlikely bond.

warmunexpectedtendergrittyslow-burnemotionalunsentimentalintimate

What happens

Flawless is a 1999 American crime drama film written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film is set in an apartment complex, and covers the relationships between its residents. A retired security guard suffers a stroke while trying to help a neighbor. He is left partially paralyzed and with an impaired ability to speak. He hires a neighboring drag queen to give him singing lessons with hope of improving his speech ability. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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