Movie-Flawless

Flawless stars Michael Caine and Demi Moore, and is set in 1960 London in the diamond industry. Moore is the first and only woman manager in a vast diamond firm, and she is ambitious and wants to rise even higher. But the ceiling there is not glass, it is diamond.

Caine plays the night janitor, who sees her often in her office, working ungodly hours trying to break through to the higher ranks. He always has a few kind words with her. But he is more than he seems. As becomes apparent to her, he knows a lot about the company...as he explains, "People talk a lot around a janitor." And he wants some of the action.

He gets Moore to join him by revealing that she is about to be fired. She does not believe him, but finds a way into the HR files, and sure enough, he is right. He also has a plan to break into the vault, one in which he needs her help. Just to take a few million worth of diamonds, a thermos full. Enough to set moth of them up for life, but, as Moore says, "They won't even notice that little missing." That sell her and she joins him.

This movie has a retro feel to it, like it was a '60's era film, and that really adds to it. Moore is very buttoned up, literally and figuratively, like a woman trying to succeed in that time might be. Caine is vintage Caine, engaging, charming and sly. And both work very well off the other, with a lack of chemistry that would fit two people from such different worlds.

There are times as the film goes on, that I felt my credulity pushed. But it kept from going too far. And in some ways there was an effect of, "They can't make this up, did this really happen?"

While not Academy award stuff, this movie is good with excellent production values and good acting. The script was interesting and Moore and Caine were both excellent. The framing story was not too great though, and the "old" make-up on Moore in the frame was pretty bad. The film would have worked even better had they come up with another way to do this.