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Matchstick Men [2003] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Ridley Scott Actors: Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy Used: £0.91 as of 21/11/2009 20:53 GMT details You Save: £13.08 (93%) New (15) Used (32) from £0.91 Seller: phillrobbo Rating: 14 reviews Sales Rank: 8787 Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Italian (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Arabic (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 111 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 7321900246774 ASIN: B00012SYQO Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 2003 Release Date: February 23, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 14 1 2 3 Next » A winner. February 28, 2004 - alikat - (Brighton, UK) 9 out of 9 found this review helpful This is film making at it's peak, absolutely fantastic. Nicolas Cage is at his best and on home ground playing the conman Roy who suffers from compulsive obsessive disorder in this crime story with a twist. The acting all round is superb, Sam Rockwell as Roy's business partner Frank, and Alison Lohman as Cage's 14 year old daughter. I won't go into the story as that would ruin it, but if you like your films slick and clever with a original story then you can't get much better than this. I can't recommend it highly enough. Fantastic...Definately one to treasure January 3, 2005 6 out of 6 found this review helpful Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, his ambitious protégé, are swindling these days are "water filtration systems," bargain-basement water filters bought by unsuspecting people who pay ten times their value in order to win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations--which they never collect. These scams net the flim-flam men a few hundred here, another thousand there, which eventually adds up to a lucrative partnership. Roy's private life, however, is not so successful. An obsessive-compulsive agoraphobe with no personal relationships to call his own, Roy is barely hanging on to his wits, and when his idiosyncrasies begin to threaten his criminal productivity he's forced to seek the help of a psychoanalyst just to keep him in working order. While Roy is looking for a quick fix, his therapy begets more than he bargained for: the revelation that he has a teenage daughter--a child whose existence he suspected but never dared confirm. What's more troubling, 14-year-old Angela wants to meet the father she never knew. At first, Angela's appearance disrupts her neurotic father's carefully ordered routine. Soon, however, with his own unique spin on parenthood, Roy begins to enjoy a relationship he never dreamed of having with his daughter. But while he develops paternal feelings for the 14-year-old, she's developing a fascination with Daddy's questionable career.p'Matchstick Men' is hilarious film with an unpredictable twist. Definately one to treasure Great March 4, 2004 5 out of 5 found this review helpful This film has layers to it that everyone can understand. From a simple storyline to a great twist. This Film is Amazing and should have been nominated for Oscars. Nick Cage puts in a stunning Performance. 10/10 :)brThere are no special effects to it but it doesnt matter because the storyline is so well thought and doesnt once break a sense of realism. Twitchy July 16, 2004 Joseph Haschka (Glendale, CA USA) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful 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.pCage is Roy, teamed with partner Frank (Sam Rockwell); both are con artists, or "Matchstick Men". As the film opens, we watch as the two cash in on a scam that enables them to plunder the bank account of an elderly couple.pRoy is also an obsessive-compulsive with phobias for dirt and the outdoors. Without his medication, Roy gets twitchy. One day, he accidentally knocks his pill supply down the kitchen sink. Bad timing, since his psychiatrist drug supplier is out of town. On Frank's advice, Roy visits a new shrink, Dr. Klein (Bruce Altman), to whom he admits a previous marriage abandoned some fourteen years previous when his wife was pregnant. Through Klein's intercession, Roy is put in touch with his teenage daughter, Angela (Alison Lohman), who's always been curious about Old Dad. Indeed, against her Mom's wishes, she appears on Roy's doorstep to spend a long weekend. Roy is alternatively smitten with paternal affection and acute anxiety over the dirt Angela tracks onto his carpet. Klein believes the girl's presence is good therapy.pMATCHSTICK 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. What elevates the film is the intensity of Cage's extraordinary performance as the mentally tortured lead. We've watched Nicolas do this previously in LEAVING LAS VEGAS and BRINGING OUT THE DEAD. Cage is apparently not one for whom a role is simply a facade easily sluiced away at the end of the day's shoot. Cage always makes me believe the screen character is himself through to the core, something which either makes the actor one of the most talented in the Biz or a schizo seriously in need of professional help.pThe other remarkable performance in this film is that of Lohman. Playing the 14-year old Angela, one is apt to forget, or not believe, that the actress is actually in her mid-twenties. She had me fooled.pMATCHSTICK MEN is perhaps one you'll want to see a second time to locate the key sequence where you yourself were fooled. This is first-rate entertainment. Unique February 20, 2004 3 out of 3 found this review helpful At first, this was just a simple movie which i bought cause of Nicholas Cage, however, the story is absolutely amazing. The movie grabs you completely and step by step takes you away from the truth.. I actually couldnt speak when the movie's twist occured, the roles and story are so convincing that this movie is a must to watch. Its even better when you really have no idea what its gonna be about. Showing reviews 1-5 of 14 1 2 3 Next »

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