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Actors: Nicholas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Matchstick Men |
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MATCHSTICK MEN is a movie directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) in 2003.
Roy Waller and his partner Frank Mercer are confidence tricksters. Roy, an obsessive/compulsive sufferer, must take his pills every morning if he wants to avoid panic attacks. The day he losts his pills down his basin, Frank sends him to Dr. Klein a psychiatrist. After a few days, Frank starts to trust Dr. Klein and explains to him that he's left his wife some 15 years before and, from this moment on, hasn't been with a woman.
Dr. Klein contacts his patient's former wife and learns that Roy's got a daughter, the 14 years old Angela. After a while, Angela and Roy get along pretty well and the young girl decides to spend a few days at her father's home. Meanwhile, Roy and Frank are meticulously preparing to swindle of Chuck Frechette. Roy asks his daughter Angela to play a small part in the fraud while Dr. Klein is suggesting to Roy to come back to an honest life.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Nicholas Cage portrays a conman with a few ticks. He is obsessive compulsive and takes medicine just to be able to leave his house. His partner, Sam Rochwell,is sympathetic but still gives him a hard time about it. They are trying to pull of their latest con, that Nicholas Cage says will be his last, when he finds out he may have a daughter he never knew. He now must balance the life he's known and made a very nice living at, his obsessive compulsive behavior and this new person claiming so much of his attention.
--Brandy, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Matchstick Men |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- search for family/history
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- con-artist/white collar crime
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- a deadline
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- frustrated
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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