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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 01 Oct 2008

Well-acted and intriguing exploration of dishonesty in its varied forms, leavened with a dry comic touch…

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By Renee Graham (22) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 05 Nov 2007

Rockwell is a hoot as Frankie, but during the stretches when he's not on screen, the air goes out of the film…

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By Derek Adams (271) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Jun 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…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Film Threat (5,156) on 06 Dec 2005

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

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 15 Jun 2005

This movie is a model of technique, beautifully crafted, often brilliantly acted by Cage and the others, but it's a bit hollow at the center…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 07 Jun 2005

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…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 30 Apr 2005

The movie is moderately enjoyable, but it also makes you feel conned: It offers up a disturbing protagonist and then substitutes cuteness for…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for NYC Film Critic (162) on 05 Mar 2005

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

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By Louis-Jérôme Cloutier (56) for Panorama (165) on 25 Feb 2005

Mathstick Men se compare aisément à Catch Me If You Can sans atteindre la qualité de Ocean's Eleven…

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By Mark Collette (97) for Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (351) on 19 Sep 2004

tenuous and beautiful interaction between Cage and Lohman…

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By Brian Gibson (578) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 01 Dec 2003

Delivers some double-crosses worthy of the best con flicks, with twists that are both punchy and poetic…

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By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 16 Nov 2003

If you didn't see the ending coming a mile away, then I'd like you to send me your bank account number and access codes so that I can deposit…

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By Garth Franklin (268) for Dark Horizons (452) on 16 Nov 2003

When he's good, Ridley Scott can change filmgoing forever. When he's bad, he's just extremely mediocre…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Nov 2003

The portraiture is so carefully done that I regret in some ways the tricky plot--which is also carefully done, but seems at times to belong…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 11 Nov 2003

O roteiro dos irmãos Griffin funciona muito bem até os cinco minutos finais - que, apesar de desnecessários e nada convincentes, não conseguem…

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By Shannon J. Harvey (76) for Sunday Times (Australia) (102) on 11 Oct 2003

Matchstick Men might be a lesser Catch Me If You Can or Ocean's Eleven, but it's got a jazzy, understated style all of its own…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Sep 2003

You can easily lose five minutes making sense of it - and another 10 poking holes in it - but what of it…

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By Robert Wilonsky (520) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 30 Sep 2003

That's where the movie falters: It tries to give Garcia's book a heart and conscience it didn't need and never demanded…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Sep 2003

The fact that the film ends on an image of sublime sentimentality and gets away with it scott free is enough to make it worth seeing twice,…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 25 Sep 2003

A thoroughly absorbing hour and 56 minutes of entertainment…

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