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Ridley ScottPhotographie:
John MathiesonMusique:
Hans ZimmerActeurs·trices:
Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin, Beth Grant, Sheila Kelley, Fran Kranz, Tim Maculan (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Deux professionnels de l'arnaque à la petite semaine - Roy, le vétéran du tandem, et Franck, son jeune et ambitieux émule - fourguent à des coûts prohibitifs des "systèmes de filtrage d'eau" bas de gamme, assortis de lots alléchants: voitures, bijoux ou croisières tropicales, que leurs victimes ne collecteront bien sûr jamais. Ces opérations sont juteuses, mais la vie privée de Roy est moins reluisante. Agoraphobe et sujet à des tics obsessionnels compulsifs, il consulte un psy pour continuer à fonctionner. C'est alors qu'il découvre avec horreur qu'il a une fille - une enfant dont il soupçonnait l'existence, mais qu'il n'avait jamais cherché à rencontrer. Pis, Angela, 14 ans, n'a qu'une envie: retrouver son père. L'arrivée impromptue de l'adolescente bouleverse les routines névrotiques de Roy, mais passé le choc initial, celui-ci commence à prendre goût à sa tardive paternité... (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (7)
Comédie non amusante, drame psychologique et familial désengagé, avec une petite touche de thriller. Un hybride ennuyeux de genres avec l'excellent Nicolas Cage. La conclusion n'était pas aussi compliquée et complexe que peu fiable. Bien qu'elle donne un sens aux événements précédents, elle ne suscite pas d'enthousiasme. L'une des plus faibles œuvres de 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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