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Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin, Beth Grant, Sheila Kelley, Fran Kranz, Tim Maculan (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Die Trickbetrüger Roy und Frank sichern sich ihren Lebensunterhalt, indem sie anderen Menschen das Geld aus der Tasche ziehen. Als Roy, der schon immer unter Zwangsstörungen gelitten hat, ohne Psychiater nicht mehr auskommt, lernt er dank dessen Hilfe seine 14-jährige Tochter Angela kennen. Die junge Dame zieht umgehend bei ihm ein und stellt das Leben des Kriminellen bald auf den Kopf. (TNT Film)
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Eine witzlose Komödie, ein psychologisches Familiendrama, welches die Zuschauer*innen nicht einbezieht, und eine kleine Thriller-Andeutung. Ein langweiliger Genre-Hybrid mit dem ausgezeichneten Nicolas Cage. Das Finale fand ich nicht kompliziert, es hat aber unglaubwürdig gewirkt. Es hat den vorigen Ereignissen einen Sinn gegeben, ich war aber nicht begeistert. Einer der schwächeren Filme von Scott.
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A Coens’ film according to Scott. A very mediocre, unsurprising and already repeatedly worn-out script that simply does not suffice for two hours of plot.
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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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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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I wish Ridley Scott would make a proper history drama again, that's his strength. He should live conversational movies to someone else.
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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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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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