Matchstick Men Critic Reviews

Lohman in particular is effective; I learn to my astonishment that she's 24, but here she plays a 15-year-old with all the tentative love and sudden vulnerability that the role requires, when your dad is a whacko confidence man.Read the full review

The dialogue -- especially that between Roy and Frank -- crackles with wit and intelligence (a rarity in films these days). Read the full review

A combination of criminal smoothness and overloaded neuroses, Cage pulls off the lead role better than any actor imaginable.Read the full review

Let it swindle you; it's part of the fun. In fact, it's all of the fun. Read the full review

Enormously entertaining. Read the full review

Well-acted and intriguing exploration of dishonesty in its varied forms, leavened with a dry comic touch.Read the full review

Credible? Not really. But Cage and Rockwell play off each other with devilish finesse. And Lohman (White Oleander) is on fire -- she's a comer.Read the full review

A clever look at con artists and their games of deception.Read the full review

Actually, there's one other way to approach Matchstick Men, and that's to forget all about neuroses and con artistry and admire the movie instead for the unsettlingly beautiful directorial study in geographical mood that it is. Read the full review