![]() Her reaction in the scenes with Hobbes and Finch are remarkable. Thus it is believable that her accent would be distorted. Many have complained her accent bouncing back and forth between British and American but that makes sense because Quinn is an American who's been living in London for more than fifteen years. Michael Caine easily plays his part with élan. He's polite, charming but eventually the viewer sees that things are not as they seemed. The 60s atmosphere is well created and I liked how it contrasted with modern day London. The characters are wonderfully developed and the story moves at a smooth pace. The witty dialogues are loaded with dry and sarcastic humour and there's a philosophical element to most of them. 'Flawless' is both story driven and character driven while being atmospheric. However, when the janitor comes up with an unexpected proposition, she reluctantly sees a way out. Clearly she's a woman trying to survive in a man's world and continues to struggle as she is continuously passed over for promotion and soon learns that her employment at the bank will be terminated shortly. It doesn't feel to be such a long time ago yet it is surprising that Quinn is the only woman in the bank (and perhaps the world as is hinted) to work as an administrator while each and every one of her colleagues are men. Through scenes in the bank, he also distinguishes the contrast between the status of men and women in 60's London. He deals with some heavy issues in a cleverly subtle way. ![]() Radford cleverly tackles themes of sexism, blood diamond, class etc by incorporating them withing the story and never sounding preachy. The sequence thereafter takes us back to 60's London. The opening sequence of a diamond being extracted from the African mud and then it's transformation till it lands on a woman's finger may look familiar but it doesn't feel stale especially how it gets straight to the point in the following sequence where a pompous young journalist meets an aged Laura Quinn for an interview. ![]() Of course merely labelling it as a heist movie wouldn't be doing justice for the depth of the story exceeds beyond the robbery. Of course there are a few exceptions and a majority of these exceptions tend to be gems. Such films mostly rely on extravagant special effects and over-the-top action sequences to capture the audience's attention. Most heist movies of the last 10 years tend to share the similar done-to-death storyline as they fail to come up with any originality.
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