Reviews of Matchstick Men

Matchstick Men review

Posted : 2 months, 2 weeks ago on 15 September 2008 05:35 (A review of Matchstick Men)

When you figure out the 'twist' half way through the movie, it's really not much of a twist. It's too bad since the movie is competent in every other aspect except the main plot.

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*tic*

Posted : 7 months ago on 4 May 2008 02:23 (A review of Matchstick Men)

When I first saw the trailer for this movie I wasn't really interested and after watching it that feeling wasn't to far off.

Nicolas Cage plays Roy Waller, a depressed con artist with several mental disorders, agoraphobia, germaphobia, OCD, and a tic. At the start Roy has a panic attack and his parter suggests going to a shrink. He tries just to get drugs from his old shrink but can't and so he finds another and gives him the drugs but with a condition to go and contact his ex-wife and child that he left years before. He finds out who his daughter and it rejuvenates his spirit for one more long-term con. The rest of the movie is Roy's life struggling between the con and his daughter and even brings her into it.

The acting, music, writing, and directing as a whole makes the movie seemed boring and bland.

While the premise did seem interesting with a good twist at the end and could have a good movie but fails and just turned out to be a average movie that I say would be only for hardcore Nicolas Cage fans.

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Matchstick Men review

Posted : 11 months ago on 4 January 2008 09:48 (A review of Matchstick Men)

"Look, Doc, I spent last Tuesday watching fibers on my carpet. And the whole time I was watching my carpet, I was worrying that I, I might vomit. And the whole time, I was thinking, "I'm a grown man. I should know what goes on my head." And the more I thought about it... the more I realized that I should just blow my brains out and end it all. But then I thought, well, if I thought more about blowing my brains out... I start worrying about what that was going to do to my goddamn carpet. Okay, so, ah-he, that was a GOOD day, Doc. And, and I just want you to give me some pills and let me get on with my life."

That was a quote from Roy, Nicholas Cage's character in this film. You can probably tell already that he's not an average guy.. he's a con artist, a matchstick man. But there's certain things wrong with him, like he doesn't like being outdoors. He can't stand the sunlight, he fidgets and blinks a lot, lots of things distract him.. that's why he is an interesting character and makes the movie interesting to watch. It's not just him either, I loved the character development in this flick, each character had a vital role and was portrayed brilliantly. That's just one reason I loved this movie.

The movie revolves around Roy and his life. He spends the mornings cleaning his house and making sure everything is spotless before he leaves. He puts his shoes on, (no shoes on the carpet) and then leaves to meet his business partner, Frank. They are con artists, they trick people into thinking they're getting a prize or money, and end up walking away having lost nothing. But things get more complicated when Roy meets his daughter for the first time, just in time for him and Frank to try and pull of an 80k con. It seems pretty straightforward, but it's not. This flick is full of twists and turns that I had no idea where coming, they were surprising and clever how they fitted into the plot.

Nicolas Cage was great for his character, apart from a couple of scenes at the end of being on the verge of tears, everything else from him was convincing enough for me. I really like Sam Rockwell, and for me he was brilliant in this movie. He perfected his character, a great casting choice there. Alison Lohman as the daughter was also great, I haven't seen her in a lot of flicks, but in this I really liked her. Bruce Altman was also great, other than that the cast was so-so.. nothing brilliant.

I am really glad I saw this, and I recommend this to anyone. Yes, anyone. Whether you think you'll like this or not; you really should see it for yourself. Hopefully you'll like it as much as I did!

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Unbelievable

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 21 July 2007 07:21 (A review of Matchstick Men)

From moment one I never believed anything that was happening in this movie. I kept thinking "that would never happen" over and over. From the very first thing you learn, that a person with OCD would be so comfortable with people that he could be a conman. Its got a great cast and a great director, so I must have a problem with the plot (and therefore the book). If I hadn't been watching this movie with other people I probably would not have stuck it out to the end. But maybe you can suspend your disbelief, I just couldn't.

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I don't know how I felt about the ending

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago on 9 March 2006 08:01 (A review of Matchstick Men)

It was a pretty good movie. Some nice twists. Nicolas Cage is almost always enjoyable.

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