Matchstick Men (DVD)

Cage, in my view is a very over-rated actor, he has been in many films, the good ones most natably being face-off and conair among my favourites. However I have also seen him in a number of poor films, this one however is worth the watch. Cage plays Roy, an interesting character who has an obsesive disorder. I found that Cage played this well and is a role I've never seen him play before. His life becomes very complicated when he is referred to a new doctor who refuses to give him the pills he was on. With this in mind it becomes harder for him to continue his day-to-day life as a conman. Of corse he couldnt do this without the help of his assistant ...  Read the complete review

Roy is an obsessive compulsive clearly neurotic but successful conman. On the verge of his and his partner, Frank's most lucrative con yet, Roy's therapist informs him that he has a 14 year old daughter that he had always suspected he had but never previously dared to confirm. How will Roy manage to forge a good relationship with his daughter and make up for all those lost years, whilst also dealing with his neurotic hang ups and also succeeding in the biggest con of his career? Roy is played by Nicolas Cage (World Trade Centre) and in my opinion it is his best film to date, that I have seen at least. Not only is the film simply the best in quality out of his ...  Read the complete review

> Synopsis A phobia stricken con artist, Roy Walker (Nicolas Cage) and his young partner, Frank Mercer (Sam Rockwell) are on the verge of pulling of one of the most lucrative swindles of their careers. But when Roy's teenage daughter, from his failed marriage, suddenly appears on the scene, everything in his organized life is thrown into turmoil. > Opinion There was only ever going to be one reason why I wanted to see "Matchstick Men", that being Nicolas Cage, an actor who I have enjoyed in every film he has appeared in, and although not the best reason to watch a film has worked pretty successfully so far. That ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit that I went to see this movie as I was running late and missed the start of my original choice. I have never been so glad to be late as this is an excellent film. Reading the magazine before I went into the film it mentioned Nicholas Cage was playing a con-man (apparently they are called matchstick men in America) who has an obsession with cleanliness and suffers from nervous ticks! Not exactly an enthralling write up but I gave it a chance. Cage plays Roy Waller the older hand showing his partner Frank (Sam Rockwell) the ropes. Frank is competent but needs Roy to add authenticity to his act. They concentrate on small time cons which keep a ...  Read the complete review

Some of you may know that I have a real thing for Nicolas Cage, in fact it is probably more than a 'thing', and I admit to dreaming about the day he arrives on my doorstep to take me away. Hubby says this will never happen...never say never is what I say!!! Deluded? Probably, but it is nice to dream! Anyway, whenever he releases a new film film, no matter what the critics think of it, I have to see it, and then probably own the DVD, and 'Matchstick Men' was no exception, although I was more excited about seeing this than I was about seeing 'Adaptation', as it was a little bit more mainstream, and less of a mind boggler! Cage is a Roy, a ...  Read the complete review