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	Matchstick Men - Rotten Tomatoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-22)
		Matchstick Men is viciously entertaining to watch thanks to a mesmerizing performance by Nicolas Cage as a man with more than a few personal idiosyncrasies.
		Matchstick Men is really two movies brilliantly spliced into one, each enriching the other.
		The screenplay for Matchstick Men is an achievement of Oscar calibre -
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/matchstick_men (764 words)

	Matchstick Men
		And now in 2003 he directs Matchstick Men, a film so slick and smart that it almosts is hard to catch by the naked eye.
		I am proud to say that Matchstick Men is not any ordinary film and it is a film that will certainly stick with you for a long time.
		Matchstick Men is a film that should be watched by many because it sure is some of the best stuff this year will deliver.
	www.angelfire.com /film/opinion/2003/matchstickmen.html (748 words)

	Matchstick Men (2003)
		Matchstick Men appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Matchstick Men is a very good DVD but only a sporadically compelling film.
		The version of Matchstick Men reviewed here may not be the one you find on the shelves of your local retailer.
	www.dvdmg.com /matchstickmen.shtml (1880 words)

	"Matchstick Men" / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Matchstick Men is much smaller in scope and more deeply personal in its character development than Scott’s other work, but is just as well crafted.
		In the end, at the core of the dry, witty humor and the twists and turns of the script, Matchstick Men is simply the story of a father and a daughter, and how each impacts the other.
		...Matchstick Men might be a good yarn, well told, but it knocks Jesus’ name around, it giggles over teen sex, leers at exotic dancers, glories in billows of cigarette smoke, and makes matchstick men look really, really cool—until the very last second.
	christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2003/matchstickmen.html (2073 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Matchstick Men
		First and foremost, "Matchstick Men" is a wonder of brilliant lead performances, each one breathing distinctive life into their fresh roles.
		Had "Matchstick Men" followed on the same course it had set up through its climax, then it would undoubtedly be one of the stronger motion pictures of 2003.
		As wonderful as the vast majority of "Matchstick Men" is, it is just as abysmal in its cumulative effect, transforming an innovative, heartfelt, purely human tale into one that is as shallow as every con film that has come before it.
	all-reviews.com /videos-5/matchstick-men.htm (758 words)

	Matchstick Men (2003): Reviews
		Overall, Matchstick Men, which is based on the novel by Eric Garcia, is more memorable for Lohman's naturalistic acting and Scott's mannerist direction than it is for its O. Henry surprise.
		Actually, there's one other way to approach Matchstick Men, and that's 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.
		My real problem with Matchstick Men is that it didn't con me well enough: I saw every trick up its sleeve in the first 20 minutes.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/matchstickmen (1598 words)

	Matchstick Men - www.smh.com.au
		Matchstick Men becomes less of an anomaly in his career in this context, although at first, it seems a departure.
		Matchstick Men is an exception: it remains character driven, which means that you can stay with it even if you guess what's going on.
		Matchstick Men is much more modest in its aims, but successful in its own quiet way.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/10/03/1064988396787.html?from=storyrhs (872 words)

	Matchstick Men
		Ridley Scott's high-style "Matchstick Men," starring Nicolas Cage as a con artist trying hard to bond with the teenage daughter he's never known, is a movie that takes us deep into the world of grifters and professional deceivers, then tries to pull off an ingenious deception of its own.
		And even though "Matchstick Men" is quieter and less showy than much of his work, it has a riveting look and a gripping narrative flow.
		Actually, "Matchstick Men" fits that profile - but it would have fit it even more if the writers had kept Garcia's ending instead of their own phony, upbeat tableau.
	www.mytelus.com /movies/mdetails.do?movieID=50573a (1076 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Matchstick Men [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-22)
		For Nicolas Cage fans, MATCHSTICK MEN is a treat diluted only by the knowledge that Cage wasn't even nominated for an Oscar-worthy performance.
		MATCHSTICK MEN is about scammers and cons, so, by the time the credits roll, you shouldn't be too surprised at the general storyline, which is one oft seen before.
		MATCHSTICK MEN is perhaps one you'll want to see a second time to locate the key sequence where you yourself were fooled.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00012QLB4 (572 words)

	Matchstick Men Review :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-22)
		For obvious reasons, more than a few comparisons have been made between Matchstick Men and Peter Bogdanovich's 1973 Paper Moon, which follows a con man and his adopted daughter as they swindle their way through the 1930s Dust Bowl.
		Although Matchstick Men doesn't quite live up to that classic, under the steady guidance of Ridley Scott, the film is still a gem in its own right.
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	www.hollywood.com /movies/reviews/movie/1727727 (808 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Matchstick Men
		September 21, 2003 -- “Matchstick Men” is a slick, smart, funny film about two con artists making a good living by exploiting people's greed.
		The three are “Confidence,” “The Italian Job” and “Matchstick Men.” All three films feature a nice Hitchcock-like plot twist at the end and all have strong acting, sharp dialog and clever plots.
		“Matchstick Men,” with its surprise ending and solid performances, is one of the best films I have seen this year.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/new/matchstick.html (663 words)

	Matchstick Men Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		In Ridley Scott's modest Matchstick Men, the big twist (and it is big) not only knocks down the cards, it swiftly kicks its protagonist (and the less alert movie watcher) in the stomach.
		Matchstick Men is a strange movie for director Scott, whose most recent works have run the gamut from the impressive to the ridiculously large-scale and self-importance—epic, bombastic, and slickly lurid films like Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and Hannibal.
		Matchstick Men is not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a pleasing film with three terrific leads.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?mid=137689 (1859 words)

	MATCHSTICK MEN - WIDESCREEN DVD
		Matchstick Men is an interesting companion piece to Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, as much for its similarities as for its differences.
		Both sleekly, professionally mounted tales of con men and cons gone bad, both scored with a Rat Pack beat featuring choice bits of vintage Sinatra, both boasting of a uniformly excellent cast and a structure ripe for deconstruction along symbolic, auteurist, parental lines...
		But more than a tale of late adolescence, Matchstick Men is really just another American Splendor in 2003's desire to enfranchise obsessive-compulsive disorder: ramp up mental illness with a mortal dose of the cutes for ease of mass consumption.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/matchstickmen.htm (626 words)

	MATCHSTICK MEN (PG-13): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR23087
		By the trailers/previews, Matchstick Men is a seemingly light and pleasant romp through a tale of daddy being united with the daughter he has never seen who is now 14 years old.
		Matchstick Men is one more example of becoming conditioned to accept that which once was unacceptable.
		The seemingly severe score Matchstick Men earned is due not to any particularly severe instances of assault on morality and decency but is due to such a massive density of lesser assaults.
	www.capalert.com /capreports/matchstickmen.htm (2198 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Matchstick Men" review (2003) Ridley Scott, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell
		Adapted from a novel by Eric Garcia and directed by Ridley Scott -- who is surprisingly deft with comedy after a long career of outsized drama and action ("Hannibal," "Black Hawk Down," "Gladiator," "Blade Runner," "Alien") -- "Matchstick Men" has a glib whimsy that is a perfect fit for the talents of its cast.
		"Matchstick Men" ends a little too tidily, and lingering doubts about the complexities of the central scam do come back to haunt the film when working your way back through the twists after the credits roll and the fog clears.
		In fact, "Matchstick Men" is one of just a handful of films this year that I'm actually eager to see again.
	www.splicedonline.com /03reviews/matchstickmen.html (666 words)

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	Matchstick Men
		The role allows Cage (Adaptation, Sonny) to blink wildly, whoop, count to three every time he opens or shuts a door, and look like he is going to explode every time somebody moves or gets dirt on anything in his immaculately clean house.
		Matchstick Men, based on the novel by Eric Garcia, is a slick movie, so smooth that it gently slides off the minds of viewers, failing to register as more than a passing fancy.
		It's this scam that drives Matchstick Men towards its inevitable conclusion.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/matchstick_men.html (503 words)

	Filmtracks: Matchstick Men (Hans Zimmer)
		Matchstick Men: (Hans Zimmer) If criticism of Hans Zimmer has revolved around one complaint as of late, it would be that Zimmer is rarely composing scores by himself these days.
		Overall, you have to admire Zimmer's talent and ability to meld two genres as per Scott's eccentric wishes, but Matchstick Men is a score better appreciated than enjoyed.
		All artwork and sound clips from Matchstick Men are Copyright © 2003, Varèse Sarabande.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/matchstick_men.html (1259 words)

	THE MOVIE PAGES presents MATCHSTICK MEN Starring NICHOLAS CAGE & SAM ROCKWELL matchstickmen.htm
		Roy and Frank are a couple of small time conmen or as some people call them, "Matchstick Men".
		Personality wise both men could not be further apart, but they make a good team.
		While everything revolves around Roy and his obsessive compulsive behaviour, which is tragically so hilarious, Rockwell and Lohman provide highly credible performances that add to the sting in the tail of "Matchstick Men" a bittersweet comedy.
	www.impactservices.net.au /movies/matchstickmen.htm (1787 words)

	CNN.com - Review: 'Matchstick Men' lights up - Sep. 11, 2003
		"Matchstick Men" is a delightful dark comedy about a neurotic con artist, Roy, played by Nicolas Cage; his quirky partner in crime, Frank, played by Sam Rockwell; and Roy's newly discovered 14-year-old daughter, Angela, played by the remarkable 24-year-old actress Alison Lohman.
		Cage loves to pull out all the stops when creating a role, and at times he has ruined films with his over-the-top antics: a case in point is the 1986 film "Peggy Sue Got Married." But with the right part, Cage is untouchable.
		With "Matchstick Men," it's nice to see him once again tackle a smaller project aimed at an adult audience.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/11/review.matchstick (804 words)

	Matchstick Men
		A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
		Matchstick Men, another movie from one of my favorite genres, the heist film, runs along the same concept like with Ocean's 11, but on a much smaller scale.
		I also enjoyed the soundtrack for Matchstick Men, which is included with the film in this edition.
	www.dvd-dweeb.com /reviews/matchstickmen.htm (634 words)

	'Matchstick Men' strikes a nerve / Cage a mass of tics as anxious con artist
		Gradually, "Matchstick Men" shifts gears, from a hip spin on swindling into a sympathetic character study.
		"Matchstick Men" is expertly directed, underscored with vintage-hip tunes from Sinatra and Bobby Darin, and boasts an intelligent script by brothers Nicholas and Ted Griffin.
		When a movie breaks that contract, merrily ripping it in half as "Matchstick Men" does, you want to applaud and jeer at the same time.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/12/DD94715.DTL (578 words)

	Matchstick Men Movie review
		"Matchstick Men" (dumb title -- did YOU know that means "con men"?) begins as a cheerful, sunny comedy, then predictably (the film's only real weakness) shades into darker terrain.
		"Matchstick Men," though it's about a twitchy guy, isn't anywhere near that improbable, but as with most movies about con men, it's not only the characters on screen who are conned.
		It doesn't have the emotional impact at the end that is so clearly intended, and the plot is just a shade too mechanical, but it's great fun, one of the best films of the year.
	www.modernhometheater.com /movies/revs/matchstick.shtml (1363 words)

	Matchstick Men - Movie Review by Snider Rodrigues - TEN Movies
		We have had our fair share of con-themed thrillers over the past decade or so, each of them culminating in a twist of proceedings right at the end that tends to put a retrospective view on everything that precedes it.
		Partly owing to the skillful adaptation of Eric Garcia's book, Matchstick Men delivers the story at such a fine pace that it does a terrific job in masking the inconsistencies of the plot.
		Scott's refusal to incorporate red herrings of any kind seems to be as much an error as his decision to extend the novel's ending.
	movies.theemiratesnetwork.com /reviews.php?id=1056 (539 words)

	USATODAY.com - Cage creates another quirky character in 'Matchstick Men' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-22)
		In Matchstick Men, Nicolas Cage continues his trek back to the world of eccentrics and offbeat characters.
		His prodigiously neurotic grifter in Matchstick Men is not a bad follow-up.
		Matchstick Men is a well-acted and intriguing exploration of dishonesty in its varied forms, leavened with a dry comic touch.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/reviews/2003-09-11-matchstick_x.htm (496 words)

	Matchstick Men - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Ridley Scott directs the crime comedy Matchstick Men, based on the novel of the same name by Eric Garcia.
		Matchstick Men (2003) Con artist movies have been swarming the theaters lately, but Matchstick Men is far more intelligent and more surprising, not to mention well-acted,...
		Matchstick Men Movie Review - Nicolas Cage Sam Rockwell Alison Lohman Review of the movie Matchstick Men, starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman.
	movies.aol.com /movie/matchstick-men/14373/main (153 words)

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		Matchstick Men is a cleverly written, phenomenally acted little crime caper in the tradition of Ocean’s Eleven (and was also co-written by Ocean screenwriter Ted Griffin), Heist, and The Score.
		The main problem with Matchstick Men is that it takes so bloody long to get going.
		It may not be bringing us anything brand new, but Matchstick Men is worth checking out for the performances alone.
	www.technofile.com /dvds/matchstick_men.html (799 words)

	Review: Matchstick Men (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-22)
		Matchstick Men is really two movies brilliantly spliced into one, each enriching the other.
		In addition to being moderately suspenseful (a necessity for any movie about grifters and their crimes), Matchstick Men also has a sly, biting sense of humor that occasionally results in laugh-aloud moments.
		Matchstick Men is the first winner of the fall movie season - a welcome antidote to the summer's mindless incoherence.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/m/matchstick_men.html (794 words)

	Amazon.ca: Matchstick Men (Widescreen): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-22)
		Ridley Scott directs the crime comedy Matchstick Men, based on the novel of the same name by Eric Garcia.
		Matchstick Men, a movie by Ridley Scott, is a good example of how the casting of good 'physical' actors combined with a director's masterly affection for his work can make good of what is an un-inspiring screen play.
		The film is worth seeing as a patent example of Mr Scott's masterly craftmanship, but will not last the test of time as a model of dramatic innovation.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00012QLB4 (917 words)

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