Matchstick Men

A combination of criminal smoothness and overloaded neuroses, Cage pulls off the lead role better than any actor imaginable, and hes well matched by Rockwells funny brashness and a revelatory turn by Lohman, playing a girl for whom con game role play isnt too much of a stretch from the usual identity crises of adolescence. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

Ridley Scotts Matchstick Men tells three stories, each one intriguing enough to supply a movie.It is: (1) the story of a crisis in the life of a man crippled by neurotic obsessions; (2) the story of two con men who happen onto a big score, and (3) the story of a man who meets the teenage daughter he never knew he had, and finds himself trying to care for her. ( Read More )

Derek Adams

Ridley Scott lets us enjoy the satisfying clicks and whirrs of the well oiled celluloid con trick, while leaving plenty of head room for Cage to twitch and fret in. ( Read More )

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Actually, theres one other way to approach Matchstick Men, and thats to forget all about neuroses and con artistry and admire the movie instead for the unsettlingly beautiful directorial study in geographical mood that it is. ( Read More )

Eric D. Snider

Its a con caper, a heart warming family drama, and a gut wrenching comedy, all at once.Angela revitalizes Roy, changes his life not in the generic way long lost movie daughters revitalize their movie fathers, but in a way that feels much more genuine. ( Read More )