Matchstick Men has several things going for it. A great director, good pacing, a fun story line, charismatic characters, and superb acting by all actors involved (especially Cage) . However the movie is marred by the most obvious twist ending of all time.
SPOILER!
I knew Cage was being conned from the first second he told his "daughter" that in order to do a con make sure your not being conned. Least subtle foreshadowing of all time. This was about 50 minutes into the film and from then on I knew exactly what was going to end up happening which kind of ruined the rest of the film for me because I knew what where things were going. Shame.
There were plenty of other hints to that already made me think that was happening, Why did we never see the mother? Why did we never see her go inside the house? ect.
It was still worth watching once. But the so obvious a 4 year old could have seen it coming twist does take it down several points.
SPOILER!
I knew Cage was being conned from the first second he told his "daughter" that in order to do a con make sure your not being conned. Least subtle foreshadowing of all time. This was about 50 minutes into the film and from then on I knew exactly what was going to end up happening which kind of ruined the rest of the film for me because I knew what where things were going. Shame.
There were plenty of other hints to that already made me think that was happening, Why did we never see the mother? Why did we never see her go inside the house? ect.
It was still worth watching once. But the so obvious a 4 year old could have seen it coming twist does take it down several points.