Matchstick Men Movie Review
Courtesy of Warner Bros.Cheat, jive
turkey, flimflam man,
shark,
matchstick man. Whatever you want to call him, Roy is a
con artist - and he's mighty good at what he does. Until his long lost
daughter comes along, that is.
Matchstick Men Scores
Nicholas Cage plays the part of Roy, a con man with severe
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) who discovers that he has a 14 year-old daughter (played by
Alison Lohman), who desperately wants to meet him. So, Roy does what every con man,
dad-figure would do - he teaches his daughter, Angela, the
tricks of his trade. He drags her into his
world of lies and deception and makes a
big old mess of things. But, it's
impossible not to
cheer on this father-daughter duo as they
swindle and steal their way to
the top.
Matchstick Men Cons
Matchstick Men is full of
twists, turns and an
action-packed story line. So, the only thing you might be
annoyed with is how twisty and turny
the plot ends up being. One minute you think you've got it all
figured out, the next you're having to
re-play the entire movie in your head to see if you've got everything
straight.
Matchstick Men - Bottom Line
There are some
amazing actors in Matchstick Men that make this a film
worth watching over and over again.
Nicholas Cage and Alison Lohman fall into such a realistic
dad-daughter relationship, you'll be surprised they're
not related in real life. And
Sam Rockwell, who plays Roy's business partner Frank, adds just enough
quirkiness to set the flick apart from
other films coming out
this fall.
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