Critique of the Movie Matchstick Men :: Movie Film Essays

Critique of the Movie Matchstick MenI recently read a review of Matchstick Men by Nicolas Bardot who verbalise of the photo very touching but lacking a indisputable panache. The Matchstick Men starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman, is the story of Roy (Cage) who with his numerous disorders and his partner weenie (Rockwell) tries to pull off a con job. Unfortunately, Roys daughter Angela (Lohman) shortly shows up and things dont go exactly as planned. Although Roys disorders are not menti unmatchedd specifically, I send awayt imagine they would get to his job easy in the first place, but throw a long lost teenage daughter into the mix and I can not wait to see what happens next. Matchstick Men is an adaptation from an Eric Garcia novel and runs one hour and fifty six minutes.Bardot seems to vary on his opinion of this movie. He makes special note of John Mathiesons photography declaring it as superb, as well as expressing delight in the soundtrack which was com piled by Hans Zimmer. Bardot seems to plaudit the movie for its depiction of anti-heroes, yet at the same time says that at times it becomes slightly dull and uninteresting. Despite his lack of glowing praise for the go out, Bardot expands upon the expansive and spectacular past pictures by Ridley Scott, the director. Having directed such films as Gladiator and Black Hawk Down among others, Bardot seems to think Scott has found a hidden talent in his new genre, comedy, declaring that his work on this picture is marvelous.Although Bardot mentions the performances of Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman, I wish he had gone into more detail as to what was good about them, or in Cages case unnerving. He also refrains from mentioning other details such as setting, costumes, and camera angles which I would find interesting.