Matchstick Men -- a nice strong balance of laughter and melodrama that envelops you like A Summer Wind.

| Nov 13, 2019

Matchstick Men glides from comedy to suspense to poignance, arriving at a destination you might not suspect...Fun while it lasts, but it's a bit of a con job itself.

| Mar 12, 2018

This is a movie about con games at every level.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2010

Nicholas Cage gives his best performance since "Leaving Los Vegas" as con man Roy Waller in this sophisticated movie about familial responsibility, self-imposed barriers and the possibilities of a well executed long con.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 12, 2009

A cleverly planned switcheroo story in which the twist at the end is the knife in the back.

| Oct 18, 2008

Matchstick Men never really casts off its cloak of artificiality and calculation; its pleasures are minor, however distracting they may be.

Full Review | Jul 7, 2008

Scott tucks away his visual athletics in favour of something leisurely and quietly devastating. It's ultimately far more cunning a script than we can reveal here.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

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.

| Jun 24, 2006

Matchstick Men works because of the way the key players handle the material. This is the work of professionals acknowledging a good story and knowing better than to get in the way.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Something less than the sum of its parts, Matchstick Men is a decent film that should have been a considerably better one.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 5, 2005

A lot more fun than most of the director's pompously inflated output.

| Original Score: B | May 4, 2005

What saves Matchstick Men from being a complete washout are the performances by Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 5, 2005

Mathstick Men se compare aisment Catch Me If You Can sans atteindre la qualit de Ocean's Eleven.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 25, 2005

Despite its string of crime-caper clichs, [director Ridley] Scott's focus on character and relationship helps the film transcend the typical mediocrity of its genre.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 6, 2004

Cage is absolutely terrific down to his eye twitches and neck jerks.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Oct 14, 2004

Director Ridley Scott, whose recent history has brought us wonderful action films like Black Hawk Down and Gladiator, translates Eric Garcia's book about a neurotic con man into a compelling film.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 7, 2004

... tenuous and beautiful interaction between Cage and Lohman.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 20, 2004

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 7, 2004

...the sort of light, breezy entertainment that feels a lot more like George Roy Hill or Peter Bogdanovich than it does Ridley Scott.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 14, 2004