Matchstick Men

Matchstick Men

  • Director: Ridley Scott
  • Writer: Eric Garcia,Nicholas Griffin,Ted Griffin
  • Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 12, 2003
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Los tramposos
  • "Matchstick Men" (Matchstick Men) is a feature film co-produced by Warner Bros. and ImageMovers. The film is directed by Ridley Scott , with the participation of Nicolas Kim Coppola , Sam Rockwell , Alison Lohman and others   . The film was released in the United States on September 12, 2003   .
    The film is based on Eric Garcia's novel of the same name. It tells the story of Roy and Frank's liar career   .

    Details

    • Release date September 12, 2003
    • Filming locations Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros., ImageMovers, Scott Free Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $62,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $36,906,460

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $13,087,307

    Gross worldwide

    $65,565,672

    Movie reviews

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    • By Colt 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      A game within a scam

      The turning point of the two plots is really good. The score that I thought was three-star acceptable, suddenly increased by two stars. The old liar with decades of experience and the companion liar partnered, but entered the middle game led by the companion Frank, In the end, after Roy changed his ways, he met the deceived child in the store and reconciled with her. Also as Roy and Angela said, the time of the fake father and daughter was the happiest time, at least during that time, both...

    • By Reese 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      "The Match Man"

      This is a film directed by Scott in 2003.

      It tells the story of a professional liar who was deceived himself. The film narrates not the tricks of the liar and the process of deception, but focuses on the psychological portrayal of the protagonist. The protagonist Roy makes a career of deceiving. Never miss a beat. Live alone after divorce. On the one hand, he made a lot of money by cheating him; on the other hand, his lonely life and professional guilt made his life very unhappy, and...

    • By Ali 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      gain and lose

      I'm very relieved that people don't think about Frank's ending in the end and they're more concerned about the male protagonist having a good home in the end. When he finally forgives the girl, both sides are relieved. Forgiveness will make people feel more guilty than resentment.

      What one gains is also what one loses. Stickman exploits willful greed, selfishness, and gain for nothing. Instead of sympathizing with the poor deceived, let them reflect on being deceived.

      When the...

    • By Lionel 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      Straight male cancer terminal YY

      Revisiting "Stickman" after ten years, taking the role of his ex-wife, Roy is a complete scumbag. When he was young, he walked away so irresponsibly. After more than ten years, he had a successful career, but he always felt guilty, so that he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder. The child who was irresponsible back then suddenly appeared and gave him a new life. He had a chance to pass, but everything was a well-planned scam, so the accumulation of more than ten years was wiped out,...

    • By Hannah 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      Movie 11: From "Milk and Chocolate" to "Stickman"

      twenty one

      "Milk and Chocolate", directed by Matthew Cassowitz, the film highlights the struggle between races and beliefs. It doesn't matter whether you are a white man like milk or a black man like chocolate, as long as you have friendship in your heart, even if there is still conflict, you will end up in the same direction and move forward in the end.

      But between a Jewish guy and a black man, it seems a bit too rigid to have a triangular relationship...

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    • By Mae 2023-08-04 13:41:29

      The ending is really sweet, especially Cage's wink, it's not good without the foundation of the...

    • By Alta 2023-07-08 13:21:12

      Only the ending feels a little weird. . MB is purely plot-oriented. After watching it, I don't understand at all what the movie is trying to...

    • By Juana 2023-07-02 05:07:26

      Come up and check out the movies I've seen this month = = Let me first say that Cage's mentally ill acting is weird, but the heroine's 79-year-old is too good to play a 15-year-old child. At the end, it's cool to turn the whole film...

    • By Filiberto 2023-07-01 01:21:38

      Although I guessed the ending from the first appearance of the psychiatrist, it did not hinder the experience of watching the movie. The family card at the end appeared clever, and the characters were better than the plot. It is also a level better than other similar films. Cage's literary drama is really much better than an action movie, and Alison Lohman's costume in this film is really different from the "Big Fish" starred in the same year....

    • By Cristobal 2023-06-05 04:16:41

      I GAVE IT TO YOU. The messy and perverted footage shows obsessive-compulsive disorder; the story structure lacks a sense of hierarchy, and the unreasonable places are obvious and...

    Movie plot

    Roy (Nicholas Cage) and Frank (Sam Rockwell) are a pair of fraudsters who work together. Roy, a superb and sophisticated deception, and Frank, a very ambitious man, use the sale of water filters as a means of deception. In order to obtain the fictitious gifts claimed by the scammers; including cars, jewelry, overseas travel, etc., the deceived buyer usually spends more than ten times the money to buy cheap water filters. These little...
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    Evaluation action

    In the role of Roy, moderate exaggeration and plain truth are perfectly unified. Although this is a film supported by performances, the screenwriter's role in enhancing the appeal of the film is obviously greater than that of "Perfect", because the plot of the film also contains an unexpected turn. This turning point changed the fate of Roy in the film and also added room for aftertaste to the audience. This turning point is so sudden...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dr. Klein: I have news, your neurosis is small.

      Roy: What? You fucking quack!

    • Roy: [while looking for his pills] Pygmies!

    • Frank Mercer: [narration from Frank's letter to Roy] Dear Roy, You're probably pretty upset. I don't blame you. You taught me most of what I know, so I suppose I owe you better than this. But you always told me if I ever got a shot at a big score, I should take it. And that's what I did. Sorry about the sap on the head, by the way, and for everything else. You always said guys like us can't afford to have regrets about what we do. That's gonna be a little harder for me, but I'll manage. If it makes any difference, you're the best I ever saw. I'd never find a better partner, and now I won't have to. I love you, man. Frank. P.S. Enjoy the gift.

      [chuckles]