Matchstick Men (Full Screen Edition) (Snap Case)
by Charles de Lauzirika, Ridley Scott
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Actor: Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Nicolas Cage, Sam RockwellDirector: Charles de Lauzirika, Ridley Scott
Brand: CAGE,NICHOLAS
Producer: Charles de Lauzirika
Producer: Charles J.D. Schlissel
Producer: Giannina Facio
Writer: Eric Garcia
Writer: Nicholas Griffin
Writer: Ted Griffin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
Published: 2004-02-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Matchstick Men (Full Screen Edition) (Snap Case)
Movie Review: The best movie I've ever seen
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far the best movie that I have ever seen. I would rate it ten stars if I could. It's unlike Ridley Scott to make a dramatic comedy, and although I liked movies like Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, this was my favorite movie that he made. It's about con artists, although I wouldn't describe it as a crime movie. If I had to make a list of my favorite movies, this would be at the top.
To begin with, the acting is amazing in this movie. Nicolas Cage plays Roy, and he is one of the very gifted actors of our time. In this movie, he's able to be dignified and calm at some points, while at others he's totally wild with this ticks and obsessive compulsive disorder. Sam Rockwell plays Roy's partner Frank, and he also gives a great performance, as the more easygoing of the two con men. Alison Lohman is very convincing and good as Roy's daughter. When I was first going to see the movie, I hadn't even heard of her, but she was extremely well acting. It turns out that she's in her twenties, although she doesn't look it.
It's very skillfully photographed, as the scenes in Roy's dark house where the pool light shining in on the room creates a blue, rippling light on the walls that looks really good. Ridley Scott directs it very well, and he really gets you to be interested in the movie.
It's a great story. The different cons were a lot of fun, where you were always wondering how they would pull them off. And the ending was one of the best endings that I have ever seen in a movie. Some people didn't like the "one year later" thing, but I thought it added a little bit more to the plot and character developement, therefore making the movie better.
So, all together, this is my favorite movie of all time, and if you haven't seen it, I highly suggest that you do.
Summary of Matchstick Men (Full Screen Edition) (Snap Case)
A con artist with phobias and his partner are in the middle of a big swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter shows up uninvited.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 7-JUN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Marking a welcome return to the breezy style of Thelma & Louise, Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men reminds us that the director of Gladiator is equally adept with quirky comedies and offbeat characters. Smoothly adapted from the novel by Eric Garcia and set amidst the sunlit, 1950s-style architecture of L.A.'s San Fernando Valley, this gently dramatic comedy centers on Roy (Nicolas Cage), a divorcée whose career as a con artist is complicated by: (1) his ongoing struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder, which manifests itself through various quirks and rituals; (2) a wily partner (Sam Rockwell) whose criminal ambitions are greater than Roy suspects; and (3) the arrival of 14-year-old Angela (Alison Lohman), claiming to be the daughter he's never known. Turns out she's got a knack for dad's profession, and that turns Matchstick Men into a multilayered comedy with unexpected twists and surprising revelations. To say more would spoil the fun; suffice it to say that Hans Zimmer's playful score and a Sinatra-laced soundtrack are perfect complements to Cage's engaging eccentricities. --Jeff Shannon
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