Review of Matchstick Men (2003) by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker — 27 May 2011
The movie so successfully raises the emotional and psychological stakes in the first half that not all audiences may like the film's reversion to con-artist form in the second. The con itself is preposterous and full of holes when we think back after the movie.
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This review of Matchstick Men (2003) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 27 May 2011.
Matchstick Men has generally received positive reviews.
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