Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 02/24/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Ridley Scott directs the
crime comedy Matchstick Men, based on the novel of the same name by
Eric Garcia. Neurotic con man
Roy (
Nicolas Cage) suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner
Frank (
Sam Rockwell) swindle people out of money by posing as money collectors who promise things like tax refunds, package vacations, and other fabulous prizes (which they never get). Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein (
Bruce Altman). Roy ends up talking about his emotional damage from a troubled marriage and divorce, which results in the discovery of a child whom he has never met. Dr. Klein suggests that he spend a weekend with the kid, so in walks teenaged
Angela (played by twentysomething
Alison Lohman). Reluctant to develop his role as a father, Roy also gets heavily involved in Frank's ambitious swindle.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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