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June 26, 2005

Matchstick Men - 6

This is a good dramatic and funny film about a couple of con-artists. Like most of these types of film you start to like the characters even if you know what they are doing is criminal. This film involves a phobic con-artist who learns of his 14-year-old daughter and then starts to rethink his criminal ways. The film lets you try to justify coning people, you soon realize how much it hurtful it actually is. The film is fun to watch and keeps you guessing at every turn. Nicolas Cage and Alison Lohman do a superb job acting the parts.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't forget about Sam Rockwell, who also does a fantastic job as Cage's partner. I agree, this is a fun, if typical, caper movie. Ridley Scott does a fantastic job of making this small scale film stand out from the more 'epic' caper films like "The Italian Job" through his emphasis on the human relational elements.