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Ridley ScottCamera:
John MathiesonMuziek:
Hans ZimmerActeurs:
Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin, Beth Grant, Sheila Kelley, Fran Kranz, Tim Maculan (meer)Streaming (1)
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Roy, een obsessieve bedrieger, staat op het punt om samen met zijn partner in crime Frank een lucratieve job te doen. Zijn leven wordt echter op z'n kop gezet wanneer hij via z'n therapeut voor het eerst in aanraking komt met zijn 14-jarige dochter. In het begin bedreigt zij z'n neurotische levensstijl, maar al snel begint hij van het vaderschap te genieten. Zijn dochter interesseert zich echter steeds meer voor de baan van Roy. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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An unfunny comedy, a psychological family drama that doesn’t engage the viewer, and a slight hint of a thriller. Nicolas Cage is excellent, but the film itself is just a boring genre hybrid. I found the ending to be not so much overwrought and complicated as unbelievable. It does help to make sense of what happened before, but it doesn’t inspire enthusiasm. One of Ridley Scott’s weaker efforts.
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It’s true that the screenplay for Matchstick Men is not particularly glorious. If it had fallen into the hands of even a mediocre director, it probably would have turned out a lot worse. But Ridley Scott is a more than above-average director :)) and so he squeezed what he could. The result is a film that pretends to be a light-hearted crime comedy until the last moment (and this position suits it very well), only to dick you around at the end, to put it vulgarly. :) It's just a pity Sam Rockwell didn't get more space. 75%
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Ridley Scott continues to surprise me more and more. While his highly regarded classics don't really resonate with me, his excursions into seemingly foreign genres fit me perfectly. This applies even more to Matchstick Men, considering that I usually don't like the genre of con comedies. Scott, however, turned many clichés about the final actions and unexpected family connections upside down and surprisingly placed them in the role of a total neurotic played by Nicolas Cage, who surprises perhaps all of his opponents. I was on edge during the airport action scene and I was wholeheartedly rooting for the main characters. I liked almost everything – except for the final twist, which can greatly damage the experience when you rewatch it.
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I found Nicolas Cage absolutely captivating here, which is very often the case for me. He managed to carry the whole film through to the end, and he did so in pretty much every moment. I can't help but enjoy his acting. What didn't entertain me much was the screenplay, which could be interesting mainly because of its ending, where the cards are somewhat predictably revealed.
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Cage - excellent, Sam Rockwell - excellent, Alison Lohman - excellent. I was rather surprised to fins a movie from Ridley Scott (!) with Cage (!) that I didn’t know even existed. And it was a pleasant surprise. The type of cool movie that occasionally makes you laugh, but otherwise it’s pretty full-on. + unexpected ending.
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